PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
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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 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 | S. lane ‘slow-moving stream’ + SSE head ‘head, source’ |
Lanemark | S. lane ‘slow-moving stream’ + S. mark ‘merk-land’ |
Lanemark Moss | Moss on the lands of Lanemark |
Laneside | Scots lane ‘slow-moving stream’ + SSE 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’ |
Limekiln Burn | Named after the limekilns at Guelt Lime Works |
Lingie Hill | |
Linn Burn (1) Mansfield Linn Linn Burn Nether Linn Upper Linn | Scots linn ‘waterfall’ Personal name : Mansfield |
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 |
Little Dalhanna | SSE little + Place-Name: Dalhanna |
Little Garclaugh | SSE little |
Littlemark | SSE. little + ‘ S. mark ‘unit of land valued at a mark’ |
Little Poljorg Burn | |
Little Rigend | SSE little |
Littlechang Hill | SSE little |
Littledodd Hill | SSE little |
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’ |
Loch O’ The Lowes | S. lowis ‘lochs’ – ‘Loch of the Lochs’ |
Lochside | S. loch ‘loch,lake’ + SSE side |
Lochside Loch | A name briefly applied to Loch O’ Th’ Lowes and named after nearby Lochside house and farm (which was named for being in the side of the Loch O’ Th’ Lowes!). |
Logan Hill | G. ‘little hollow’ + SSE hill |
Long Break | SSE long ‘long’ + SSE break ‘break in rock, gap’ |
Long Craig | SSE long ‘long’ + S. craig ‘craig, rock’ |
Longhouse Burn | |
Loup Burn | S. loup ‘jump’ |
Loupsheugh Burn, Rig, Rigg | S. loup ‘jump’ + S. sheugh ‘ditch’ |
Lowes; East, West, Mid | S. lowis ‘lochs’ |
Lowesmuir , Lowesmuir Mount | Place-name: Lowes + S. muir ‘moorland, heath’ 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 |