Place-Names: D

PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING
DAL-G. dail ‘haugh, holm, river-meadow’
Dalgig G. dail G.dig (jeeg) ‘dale of the fen’
Dalhanna
Little Dalhanna, Over Dalhanna,
Dalhanna Hill, Dalhanna Burn
G. dail Personal Name Hannay ‘Hannay’s Holm’
Dalleagles G. dail G. eaglais ‘church holm’
Dalricket MillG. dail Personal Name Ricard ‘Richard’s holm’
Dalvey (Blaeu)G. dail G. beithe? ‘birch holm’
Dennigall Hill
Deugh (Water of) 
Dingle Brae S. dingle ‘hollow’ + S. brae ‘brow of a hill’
Docken Burn S. docken ‘docken leaf’ + S. burn ‘stream’
Dog Hill
Dow Craig S. dow ‘pigeon’ + S. craig ‘rock’
DRUM-
Drumbrush Rig
Drumkalldyr
(Blaeu 1654)
W. drum ‘ridge’
British caleto-dubron ‘hard water’
Dry Burn 
Dryfeston Hill 
Duncan’s Burn Personal Name Duncan and S. burn ‘stream’
Dunn RigS. dun ‘brown’ S. rigg ‘ridge’
DunsideS. dun ‘brown’ SSE side ‘side’
PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING

G. Gaelic, S. Scots, SSE. Standard Scottish English, W. Welsh