| Place-name: | Stot Sike |
| Suggested Meaning: | sluggish stream of the bullock |
| 1st element: | Scots stot ‘A young castrated ox, a steer, bullock’ |
| 2nd element: | Scots sike, syke ‘slow sluggish stream’ |
| Blaeu Coila (1654): | No Entry |
| OS Name Books (1855-57): | Stot Sike |
| Location: | Stot Sike |
Stot
Scots stot ‘A young castrated ox, a steer, bullock’ [1] suggesting there was some farming livestock activity in the vicinity associated with Nether Beoch [2].
Sike, Syke
The name appears as Stot Sike on the Ordnance Survey Map and in the Ordnance Survey Name Books along with the alternative spelling of Stot Syke,
A Sike or Syke is described as –
A small stream, rill or water-course, especially one that meanders through a hollow or across flat or boggy ground and is freqently dry in summer
Dictionary of the Scots Language [3]
the sheughs and the sykes
Stot Sike flows into the Old March Burn. Also in the vicinity is Otter Sike and Palmsike Burn.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| References |
| [1] Dictionaries of the Scots Language |stot |
| [2] New Cumnock Place-Names | Beoch |
| [3] Dictionaries of the Scots Language |syke, sike |
| [4] The Laird of Logan, Or, Anecdotes and Tales Illustrative of the Wit and Humour of Scotland |
| Maps |
| Reproduced with the Permission of National Library of Scotland |
| https://maps.nls.uk/ |
| Map 1: Ordnance Survey 6 inch (1892-1960) |Stot Sike |
| Ordnance Survey Name Books |
| By Permission of Scotland’s Places |
| scotlandsplaces.gov.uk |
| Ayrshire OS Name Books (1855-57) Vol. 49|Stot Sike |
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