Place-Names: G

PLACE-NAME	SUGGESTED MEANING
Gall Moss x 2	S. gall ‘bog-myrtle’ and S. moss ‘marsh, bog’
Gallowhill [Roy’s Map]	gallow’s hill (near Gatehead)
Gallows Knowe	gallow’s hill (near Hall of Auchincross)
Garclaugh Burn
Garclaugh Pendicle
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 Craig	S. gait cleuch ‘goat ravine’
Gatelochside	S. gait cleuch side
Giant’s Cave	crevice of Blackcraig farm
Glen
Glen Afton
Glenhastel	G. gleann a’ chaisteil ‘valley of the castle’
Glenlee
Glenshalloch Burn	G. sealg ‘hunting’
Glenwharry Rig
Gowkthorn Well	Scots gowk ‘cuckoo’ + thorn (source of mayflower)
Grain Burn	Scots grain ‘branch, fork of stream’ Scots burn ‘stream’
Grains Burn	Scots grain ‘branch, fork of stream’ Scots burn ‘stream;
Gray Burn
Gray Hill
Green Burn
Green Hill x 2
Green Knowe x 3
Greenburn
Greenhead
Greenhill
Greenlorg Hill
Guelt Water	Named after lands of Guelt (Old Welsh guelt ‘grass, pasture’)
Gullet Sike	S. gullet ‘deep, channel’ S. sike ‘slow, sluggish, stream’
PLACE-NAME	SUGGESTED MEANING