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 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 Craig	S. gait cleuch ‘goat ravine’
Gatelochside	S. gait cleuch side
Giant’s Cave	crevice of Blackcraig farm
Glen
Glen Afton	S. glen ‘glen, valley’ + Place-name: 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	Scots green ‘a piece of grassy ground’ SSE head ‘head, top’
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