| PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
|---|---|
| Bank | Formerly St. Brigit’s Bank |
| Barbeys Hill | G. barr ‘hill’ + G. beith ‘birch’ +SSE hill |
| Barney Hill | G. bearna ‘pass’ + SSE hill |
| Barscalloch Burn | Place-Name: Barscalloch + Scots burn ‘stream’ G. barr ‘hill’ + G. sgallach ‘bald’ |
| Bedminnie Hill, Moss | |
| Benty Cowan Hill | G. beinn tigh gobha ‘hill of the house of the smith’ |
| Beoch Nether Beoch Upper Beoch Beoch Lane | G. beitheach ‘a place of birches , birchwood’ S. nether ‘lowing lying’ +Place-Name: Beoch S. upper ‘upper lying’+ Place-Name: Beoch Place-Name: Beoch + Scot lane ‘slow-moving stream’ |
| Berry Hill | |
| Berrywood Burn | |
| Big Coupla | SSS big ‘big’ + Place-Name: Coupla |
| Big How | SSE big ‘big, long’ + S. how ‘hollow’ |
| Birk Burn | S. birk ‘birch’ + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Birny Brae | |
| Bitch Burn | |
| Black Bog Castle (Site of) | A name from Blind Hary’s ‘The Wallace’ applied to the site of Cumnock Castle |
| Black Clints | S. clint ‘ crag, rock, stony’ |
| Blackcraig | SSE black ‘black’+ S. craig ‘rock’ |
| Black Hill , Moss, Water | |
| Black Loch | |
| Blackdams Burn | |
| Blackfarding | SSE black ‘black’+ S. farding ‘farthing-land’ |
| Blacklorg Hill | G. learg ‘sloping face of a hill’ |
| Blackstone Hill | |
| Blackwood | |
| Blarene, Blarene Hill, Blarene Burn, Blarene Level | G. blar eoin ‘plain of the birds Place-name: Blarene + SSE hill ‘hill’ Place-name: Blarene + S. burn ‘stream’ Place-name: Blarene + S. level ‘mine roadway’ |
| 1. Blood Moss (Peat Hill) 2. Blood Moss (Carcow) 3. Blood Burn (Carcow) | SSE blood ‘blood coloured’ S. moss ‘moor’ SSE blood ‘blood letting cattle’ + S. moss ‘moor’ SSE blood ‘blood letting cattle’ + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Blowearie | S. ‘weary of the wind’ |
| Blubber Well | S. blubber ‘bubbles’ +SSE well |
| Blueboots Burn, Moss | |
| Bogcurroch Boig North Boig South Boig High Boig | G. bog, buig ‘marshy, fen, swampy, ground’ + G. corrach ‘uneven, shaky’ G. bog, buig ‘marshy, fen, swampy, ground’ SSE north ‘north, north lying’ + Place-Name: Boig SSE south ‘south, south lying’ + Place-Name: Boig SSE high ‘high, high lying’ + Place-Name: Boig |
| Boltcraig Hill, Bolt Craig, Bolt Burn, ‘The Bout’ | S. bowt ‘curve’ S. craig ‘rock’ S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Bottom Burn | |
| Bow Burn | |
| Bows Cottages | |
| Braehead | S. bra, brae ‘bank with a steep slope’ S. head ‘top’ |
| Brans Knowe | |
| Broad Hag Burn | S. hag ‘soft marshy hollow piece of ground in a moor’ |
| Brockloch | G. broclaich‘ badger’s den‘ |
| Broken Moss | |
| Broom Knowe | |
| Buchanny Cairn (Site of) | G. both chanain ‘house of the canon?’ S. cairn ‘burial cairn’ |
| Brydsbank, Saint (Blaeu 1654) | Dedication to St. Bridget |
| Bryds Burn (Blaeu 1654) | Dedication to St.Bridget? |
| Bught Knowe | S. bught ‘sheep pen’ |
| Bullet Burn | G. builgeadh ‘bubbling’? + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Bull’s Burn | |
| Burnfoot | S. burn ‘stream’ + SSE. foot ‘bottom, foot’ farm at foot of Blarene Burn Burnfoot mining community |
| Burnfoot | S. burn ‘stream’ + SSE. foot ‘bottom, foot’ cottage at foot of Carcow Burn (now known as The Kennels) |
| Burnside | S. burn ‘stream’ + SSE. side cottage at side of Blarene Burn Burnside mining community |
| Burnston, Burnston Burn, Burnston Bog | Proper Name Brown + S. toun ‘farm-steading’ Place-Name: Burnston + S. burn ‘stream’ Place-Name: Burnston + S. bog ‘bog, mire’ |
| Burnt Hill, Knowe, Moss | |
| Burnton, Burnton Burn. Burntonhill | S. burn ‘stream‘ S. toun ‘farm settlement’ Place-Name: Burnton + S. burn ‘stream’ Place-Name: Burnton + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
| Abbreviations: G. Gaelic, S. Scots, SSE Standard Scottish English, W. Welsh |
NEW CUMNOCK HISTORY 