Many of the names of farms and crofts in the district are descriptive and were nearly all derived from their location.\u00a0 Again, many of the spellings have changed but examples of some of the derivations, taken from Matheson\u2019s \u2018Place Names of Elginshire\u2019, are:-<\/p>\n
Ardoch<\/strong> Auchness<\/strong> Aultahuish<\/strong> Ballachraggan<\/strong> Bodnamuir<\/strong> Branchill<\/strong> Brockintore<\/strong> Clashdon<\/strong> Coldhome<\/strong> Coleburn<\/strong> Connachie<\/strong> Craigroy<\/strong> Dallas<\/strong> Edinvale<\/strong> Hatton<\/strong> Kellas<\/strong> Lochty<\/strong> Mulundy<\/strong> Rhininver<\/strong> Rhynagoup<\/strong> Rimichie<\/strong> Scottackleys<\/strong> Slackend<\/strong> Tombreck<\/strong> Tomcork<\/strong> Torchastle<\/strong> Torwinnie<\/strong> Wangie<\/strong> Many of the names of farms and crofts in the district are descriptive and were nearly all derived from their location.\u00a0 Again, many of the spellings have changed but examples of some of the derivations, taken from Matheson\u2019s \u2018Place Names of Elginshire\u2019, are:- Ardoch Ard – a height : Achadh – a field giving \u2018the … Continue reading Place Names<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6810,"featured_media":0,"parent":262,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/242\/revisions\/508"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/historyofdallasmoray\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nArd – a height : Achadh – a field
\ngiving \u2018the field on the height\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nAchadh – a field :\u00a0 Eas – a cascade or waterfall
\ngiving \u2018the field beside the waterfall\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nAult – a burn : Yuish – fir tree
\ngiving \u2018the burn beside the fir wood\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nBaile – a\u00a0 house : Craggan – a little rock.
\ngiving \u2018the house by the little rock\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nBod – dwelling : Muir – heath
\ngiving \u2018the house on the moor\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nBronga – a mineral well : Hill – hill
\ngiving \u2018the mineral well on the hill\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nBroc – a badger : Tor – a hill
\ngiving \u2018the hill of the badgers\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nClais – a deep trench or furrow : don – added to emphasise<\/p>\n
\nCeald – cold.\u00a0 Applied to houses in a windy situation, often exposed to the north.<\/p>\n
\nColl – hazel
\ngiving \u2018the hazel burn\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nCeann – head : Achadh – field or plain
\ngiving \u2018the house at the head of the plain\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nCraig – a rock : Ruadh – red
\ngiving \u2018the place of, or at, the red rock\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nDale – valley : uis – water
\ngiving \u2018the watered valley\u2019 or \u2018valley\u00a0 of water.<\/p>\n
\nEudan – hill brow : Baile – a house
\ngiving \u2018the house at the brow of the hill\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nFrom the Gaelic \u2018Aitonn\u2019 meaning gorse or juniper<\/p>\n
\nKehle – a defile – Eas – river or stream
\ngiving \u2018the gorge or defile of the river\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nThe old name was probably \u2018Lochdubh\u2019 – the black stream (hence the current name which is the Black Burn).<\/p>\n
\nMagh – flat : Lund – a grove where ancient Druids observed religious rites.<\/p>\n
\nReidhe – a hillside stretch or a mountain flat – Inbhir or inver – river mouth or confluence of two streams.<\/p>\n
\nReidhe – a hillside : Gob – a beak or snout<\/p>\n
\nReidhe – hillside : Maigheach – hares<\/p>\n
\nSgotan – a small farm : Ley – a meadow<\/p>\n
\nSlochd – a den or hollow : End – end
\ngiving \u2018the house at the end of the hollow\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nTom – a knoll : Breac – speckled
\ngiving \u2018the house on the speckled or spotted hill\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nTom – a round knoll : Corc – oats
\ngiving \u2018the hill where the oats are grown\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nTor – a mound : Castel – a fortified place.
\ngiving \u2018the fortified place on the mound or conical hill\u2019<\/p>\n
\nTor – a mound or hill : Caithne – a strawberry tree
\ngiving \u2018the house on the hill with the strawberry tree\u2019.
\n(The latter is not native to the area and was believed to have been introduced from the Continent by monks.)<\/p>\n
\nWang – a strip of land<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"