Place-Names: R

PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING
Redhall Burn Named after a red-brick building ?
Redree Hill 
Reeve CraigsS. reeve ‘sheep-pen;
S. craigs ‘rocks’
Reeve Knowe S. reeve ‘sheep-pen;
S. knowe ‘hillock’
Rig Hill,
Rig
Rigend,
Righill,
Forerig,
Back-Rigg,
Burnside of Rigg
High Rigend,
Little Rigend,
Little Rigend Hill,
Riggend Colliery		S. rig, rigg ‘ridge’ + SSE hill ‘hill’;
S. rig, rigg ‘ridge’
Place-Name: Rig,Rigg + SSE end ‘end’
Place-name: Rig, Rigg + SSE hill
Place-Name: Rig + SSE hill ‘hill’
S. fore ‘front’ + Place-Name: Rig, Rigg
SSE back ‘back’ + Place-Name: Rigg
SSE high ‘higher upstream’ + Place-Name: Rigend
S. little ‘smaller than place sharing same name’ + Place-Name: Rigend
Place-Name: Rigend + SSE hill ‘hill’
Place-Name: Riggend + SSE colliery ‘colliery’
Rig Hill
Rigfoot S. rig ‘ridge’ + SSE foot ‘bottom’
RigheadS. rig ‘ridge’ + SSE head ‘top’
River Nith
Rottenyard
Rough Burn
Rough Hill
Rough Knowe X2
Rough Knowe
RoughsideSSE rough ‘as of land, rough, uneven’ SSE side ‘adjacent’
Rune Craigs ?
Rye Burn
PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING