Place-Names: L

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 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