Place-Names: A

PLACE-NAME	SUGGESTED MEANING
Afton Bridgend	One of original four village that made up New Cumnock
Afton Water	W. afon G. abhain ‘water, river’
Ail-, Al-	G. ail, al ‘rock of -‘
Alhang hill and burn	G. al ‘rock of ?’
Alwhat hill and burn	G. al chat ‘rock of the wild cat’
Ashbeugh Glenn
Ashmark	S. esche mark ‘ash-tree merk-land’
Auch-, Auchen-, Auchin-	G. achadh na ‘field of the –‘
Auchincally hill and burn	G. achadh na calliche ‘field of the old wife ’
Auchincross and Hall of Auchincross	1. G. achadh na croisg ‘field of the crossing over the ridge’ 2. G. achadh na croise ‘field of the cross’
Auchingee	G. achadh geadh ‘field of the goose’
Auchintow hill	G. achadh toll ‘field of the hollow’
Auchtitench lane	G. ochdamh teanga ‘an eighth land of tongue shaped land’
Auldnaw Burn and Glen	G. allt atha ‘burn of the kiln’
PLACE-NAME	SUGGESTED MEANING

Abbreviations:

G. Gaelic, S. Scots, W. Welsh