PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
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Cairn (site of) polquhirter | |
Cairn Hill | |
Cairn Knowe | |
Cairnhill | |
Cairnscadden | |
Cairnscadden Loch | |
Cameronsike | Personal name Cameron + Scots sike ‘sluggish stream’ |
Cannock Hill | |
Carcow | G. car ‘rock’ calltuin ‘hazel’ |
Carnivan Hill | |
Carsgailoch Hill | G. cailleach ‘hag, veiled one’ |
Castle (site of) | See Waterhead Castle |
Castle Hill | hill associated with Waterhead Castle |
Castlemains | Mains associated with Cumnock Castle |
Castle William | rock resembling a castle, fortification + Personal name: William for Sir William Wallce |
Catlock Burn | |
Chang Hill | G. teanga ‘tongue, tongue-shaped land’ |
Clashywarrant Burn | |
Clocklowie | |
Clints | Old Scots clint ‘a crag, cliff, rock’ |
Cloven Stone | |
Coalburn | |
Coalcreoch | G. cul crioch ‘back boundary’ |
Cold Well | |
Connel Burn | Personal Name ? St. Connel |
Corbie Craig, Knowes | Scots corbie ‘raven, rook’ |
Corsencon | |
Coupla | |
Couplagate, Couplalegate | |
Court Knowe | a small hill where a court was held |
Crae Moss | G. crathaidh ‘quaking bog’ S. moss ‘bog, marsh’ |
CRAIG- | |
Craig of Bahoun | 1. Local tradition named after Sir Henry de Bohun, English knight 2. Scots craig ‘rock’ and Gaelic barr ‘height, hill’ and Gaelic ? |
Craigbank | See Bank, St. Bridget’s Bank |
Craigbraneoch Hill and Rig | G. creag braonach ‘rock of the moist place’ |
Craigdarroch and Craigdarroch Rig | G. creag darach ‘rock of the oak’ |
Craigdullyeart | |
Craigenrig Hag | G. creagan ‘rocky place’ S. rig ‘long narrow hill’ S. hag ‘marshy hollow piece of ground in a moor’ |
Craighouse | |
Craigie Burn | |
Craigman | |
Craigshiel | |
Creel Ford | |
Creoch Loch | G. crioch ‘boundary |
Crocradie Burn | |
Crook (Ruin) | S. oak cruk (construction) |
Crosshill | |
PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |