Sir Walter’s forest
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The vast hunting grounds of Freevater, west of Alladale, […]
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Old Placenames
A look into the interesting history and meaning of placenames around the Kyle of Sutherland area.
The northern tribes of Caledonia
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Caledonia, historical area of north Britain beyond Roman control,
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Animals
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Craggan a’Chait, ‘the little rock of the cat’, is
When the landscape has feelings
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area A stream falling into the Einig, a tributary of
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Birds
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The origin of the place name Gledfield has different
Pictish place names
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The consensus amongst scholars is that Pictish is a
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Dog, fox or wolf?
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place-names around our area In Gaelic cù means ‘dog’ while the word madadh may
Fifty shades of landscape
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of placenames around our area There are two different words for grey in Scottish Gaelic:
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Horses
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of placenames around our area Toponyms from the various names for horse are very common,
The Letter Yogh
A look into the history and origins of placenames around our area The letter yogh (ȝogh) in Older Scots derived from the letter g, and