Place-Names: G

PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING
Gall Moss x 2S. gall ‘bog-myrtle’ and S. moss ‘marsh, bog’
Gallowhill [Roy’s Map]gallow’s hill (near Gatehead)
Gallows Knowegallow’s hill (near Hall of Auchincross)
Garclaugh
Meikle Garclaugh,
Little Garclaugh,
Garclaugh Burn,
Garclaugh Pendicle
G.
G. clach ‘stone’
Garepool, Garepool Burn
S. gar ‘slimy, filthy, or muddy’ + pool
Garnel Craig
Garif, (Blaeu)
Garrive
Gatehead S. gait ‘road, way, path’ +
head ‘head, top’
Gateloch CraigS. gait cleuch ‘goat ravine’
GatelochsideS. gait cleuch side
Giant’s Cave crevice of Blackcraig farm
Glen 
Glen AftonS. glen ‘glen, valley’ + Place-name: Afton.
GlenhastelG. gleann a’ chaisteil ‘valley of the castle’
Glenlee
Glenshalloch BurnG. sealg ‘hunting’
Glenwharry Rig 
Gowkthorn WellScots gowk ‘cuckoo’ + thorn (source of mayflower)
Grain BurnScots grain ‘branch, fork of stream’ Scots burn ‘stream’
Grains BurnScots grain ‘branch, fork of stream’ Scots burn ‘stream;
Gray Burn
Gray Hill 
Green Burn 
Green Hill x 2
Green Knowe x 3
Greenburn
Greenhead Scots green ‘a piece of grassy ground’ SSE head ‘head, top’
Greenhill 
Greenlorg Hill 
Guelt WaterNamed after lands of Guelt (Old Welsh guelt ‘grass, pasture’)
Gullet SikeS. gullet ‘deep, channel’
S. sike ‘slow, sluggish, stream’
PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING