Place-Names: S

PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING
Saddle Hags1. hag on saddle-shaped hill or 2. saddle-shaped hag on hill
S. hag ‘marshy hollow piece of ground in a moor’
Sandy Syke (1) 
(Afton Water)		S. sandy ‘sandy peat’
S. sike ‘slow, sluggish, stream’
Sandy Syke (2)
(Water of Deugh)		S. sandy ‘sandy peat’
S. sike ‘slow, sluggish, stream’
Sandyhole Burn
Seggy Burn S. seggy ‘bordered with sedges, rushes’
S. burn ‘stream’
Sheel
Sheel Burn
Sheel Moss		S. sheel ‘a rough shelter for sheep and their herds‘
Place-Name: Sheel + S. burn ‘stream’
Place-Name: Sheel + S. moss ‘marsh, bog, a tract of soft wet ground‘
Shiel
Shiel Hill		S. shiel ‘a rough shelter for sheep and their herds‘
Place-Name: Shiel + SSE hill ‘hill’
Shiel
Shiel Burn 		S. shiel ‘a rough shelter for cattle and their herds‘
Place-Name: Shiel + S. burn ‘stream’
Shield BurnPlace-Name: Shield + S. burn ‘stream’
Slippery Burn
Small Burn X2
South Boig SSE south ‘south, south-lying’ + Place-Name: Boig
Spout Burn X4Scots spout ‘spring of water from the ground or cleft in a rock’ + Scots burn ‘stream’
Standard Knowe 
Star Bog Scots star ‘grass that grows in boggy land’ + bog
Stayamrie 1. Scots stey ‘steep 2. Scots amery ‘big cupboard’
1. Scots stey ‘steep’ 2. Old Irish aimreidh ‘steep’
Stell KnoweScots stell ‘shelter for sheep’ +Scots knowe ‘hillock’
Stellhead Rig Scots steel ‘lower part of a ridge projecting from a hill‘ + SSE head ‘head, top’
Scots rig ‘ridge’.
Stonecross Burn Scots stonecross ‘boundary marker’ burn ‘stream’
Stony Hill 
Stony Knowes Hillstony + S. knowes ‘hillocks’ + hill
Stonyknowesstony + S. knowes ‘hillocks’
Stot Sike S. stot ‘young castrated ox, steer, bullock’
S. sike ‘slow, sluggish stream’
Straid,
Straid Burn,
Straid Level 
Gaelic sraid ‘street’
Place-Name: Straid + Scots burn ‘stream’
Place-Name: Straid + Scots level ‘mine roadway’
Strandlud Hill 
Strathwiggan Burn 
Street 
Struthers Brae S. struther ‘marshy place’ S. brae ‘brow of a hill’
Sunny SikeS. sunny (or variant of sandy)
S. sike ‘slow, sluggish stream’
Sunnyside S. sunnyside ‘ land having a southern exposure’
Swinkey BurnS. swinky ‘earth-worm’ S. burn ‘stream’
worm-shaped burn
PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING