| PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
|---|---|
| Lagan Hill | G. lagan ‘little hollow’ + SSE hill |
| Laglaff | G. lag ‘hollow’ + G. laff |
| Laglass Hill | G. lag ‘hollow’ +G. glas ‘grey, green’ |
| Lagower Hill | G. lag ‘hollow’ + G. gobhar ‘goat’ |
| Laigh Coalburn | S. laigh ‘low’ + Place-Name: Coalburn |
| Laigh Park | S. laigh ‘low’ + S. park ‘enclosed field’ |
| Laight | G. leac ‘slab, flat-stone, tombstone’ |
| Lairhag Burn | S. lair ‘place for animals lying down, probably sheep’ S. hag ‘marshy hollow piece of ground in a moor’ S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Lamb Hill x2 | |
| Lane Burn | S. lane ‘slow-moving stream’ + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Lanehead, Lanehead Cottage | S. lane ‘slow-moving stream’ + SSE head ‘head, source’ Place-Name: Lanehead +SSE cottage ‘cottage’;’ |
| Lanemark | S. lane ‘slow-moving stream’ + S. mark ‘merk-land’ |
| Lanemark Moss | Place-Name: Lanemark + S. moss ‘moor’ |
| Laneside | S. lane ‘slow-moving stream’ + SSE side ‘side’ Laneside farm at the side of Beoch Lane |
| Langlee Burn | |
| Legate | S. liggate ‘self-closing gate’ |
| Lethans | G. leathann ‘broad’ |
| Lethans Hill x2 | G. leathann ‘broad’ + SSE hill ‘hill; |
| Limekiln Burn | Named after the limekilns at Guelt Lime Works |
| Lingie Hill | |
| Linn Burn (1) Nether Linn Upper Linn | Scots linn ‘waterfall’ + Scots burn ‘stream’ Scots nether ‘lower lying’ + Place-Name: Linn Scots upper ‘upper lying’ + Place-Name: Linn |
| Linn Burn (2) | Scots linn ‘waterfall’ |
| Linn Burn (3) | Scots linn ‘waterfall’ + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Linn Water | S. linn ‘waterfall’ + SSE water |
| Little Coupla | SSE little + Place-Name: Coupla |
| Little Creoch | SSE little + Place-Name: Creoch |
| Little Dalhanna | SSE little + Place-Name: Dalhanna |
| Little Garclaugh | SSE little + Place-Name: Garclaugh |
| Littlemark | SSE. little + ‘ S. mark ‘unit of land valued at a mark’ |
| Little Poljorg Burn | |
| Little Rigend | SSE little S. rig ‘ridge’ SSE end ‘end’ |
| Littlechang Burn | Palce-Name: Littlechang + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Littlechang Hill | SSE little + Place-Name: Chang |
| Littledodd Hill | SSE little small’ S. dod ‘bare hill with rounded top’ + SSE hill ‘hill’ |
| Loch Rig | S. loch ‘loch, lake’ + S. rig ‘ridge’ |
| Lochbrowan, Lochbrowan Hill | G. lag ‘hollow’ G. Gaelic bhruighne ‘fort’ G. lag ‘hollow’ G. Gaelic bruighinn ‘fairy hill’ SSE hill |
| Lochill / Lochill | previously East Lowes – See Lowes |
| Lochingirroch, Lochingirroch Burn | G. lag ‘hollow’ G. caorach ‘sheep’ Gaelic Lag na gCaorach ‘hollow of the sheep’ |
| Lochmeharb | Gaelic Lag na h-earba ‘hollow of the hind, roe’ |
| Lochside, Lochside Loch, Loch O’ Th’ Lowes | SSE loch ‘loch’ + SSE side ‘side’ Place-Name: Lochside + SSE loch ‘loch’ SSE loch ‘loch’ Of The S. lowis ‘lochs’ |
| Logan Hill | G. lag ‘little hollow’ + SSE hill ‘hill’ |
| Long Break | SSE long ‘long’ + SSE break ‘break in rock, gap’ |
| Long Craig | SSE long ‘long’ + S. craig ‘craig, rock’ |
| Longhouse Burn | Place-Name: Longhouse + S. burn ‘stream’ SSE longhouse ‘long farm building’ |
| Loup Burn | S. loup ‘leap over’ + S. burn ‘stream’ |
| Loupsheugh Loupsheugh Burn, Loupsheugh Rig | S. loup ‘leap over’ + S. sheugh ‘ditch’ Place-Name: Loupsheugh + S. burn ‘stream’ Place-Name: Loupsheugh + S. rig ‘ridge’ |
| Lowes; East, West, Mid | S. lowis ‘lochs’ SSE east ‘east-lying’ + Place-Name: Lowes SSE west ‘west-lying’ + Place-Name: Lowes SSE mid ‘middle-lying; + Place-Name: Lowes |
| Lowesmuir , Lowesmuir Mount | Place-name: Lowes + S. muir ‘moorland, heath’ Place-name: Lowesmuir +S. munt ‘low tree covered hill” |
| Lowmount Plantation | low ‘lower down the hill’ S. munt ‘low tree covered hill’ S. plantation ‘group of trees’ |
| PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
| G. Gaelic, S. Scots, SSE, Standard Scottish English |
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