Place-Names: W

PLACE-NAMESSUGGESTED MEANING
Waterhead castle and Waterhead farmheadwaters of River Nith
Watersidewater side ‘at the side of a water, river’
Watson Burn 
Watsonburn 
Wedder Hill Scots wedder ‘castrated sheep’
Wee Craig Knowe 
Wee Glen Burn 
Wee Pathhead 
Weeshiel Craig 
Wellhill 
West Burn
West Lowes 
West Polquhirter
West Strand 
Whig Hole Whig hole ‘Hiding place for Covenanters’
White Hill
White Knowe 
White Knowes
Whitehill 
Whitelaysykewhite + S. lay ‘fallow land’
S. sike ‘slow sluggish stream’
White Stones Hill
Windy Edge S. windy ‘place exposed to wind’
S. edge ‘crest of a sharp ridge’
Witch Knowe and Witch PoolWitches meeting place
PLACE-NAMESUGGESTED MEANING