Towns, villages, islands, mountains, lochs and rivers of Scotland -
all are listed, and the derivation of their names - some curious -
some extraordinary - is given throughout. All have a story to tell,
and Scotland's rich history is apparent in these place names.
Celtic, Nordic and Anglo-Saxon influences that span 2,000 years
from the beginning of the Common or Christian Era to the 11th
century are shown. And as the incoming Celts did not find an empty
land, some names can be traced to Pictish times. With the arrival
of the Scots in the 6th century, Gaelic names began to appear, and
then, a century later, Anglian names appeared from the south, to
later be influenced by French and Dutch, becoming the 'Scots'
tongue of the Middle Ages. The advent of the Norsemen in the 9th
century produced Norse names in the North, the Northern and Western
Isles and the South-West. Many names are Scots transliterations of
Gaelic. Auchenshuggle, long thought of as an appropriate
destination for Glasgow's tramcars is simply a Scots version of the
Gaelic for 'rye field'. The book explains how, over successive
generations with political, economic and cultural changes, while
Scots became established, place names were not renewed or
translated - they were merely Scotticised. And so today, with
English as the common tongue, we can be reminded of the past at
just about every turn. This book provides a fascinating journey
that might take you from Aberbrothock to the Butt of Lewis,
Cruachan to Dunnet, on to Ecclefechan and Friockheim, Gretna, Hoy,
Ibrox, John o' Groats, Kells, pausing at Lanark before seeking out
Mealfuarvounie, Nick, Oxgangs, Patna, Quanterness, Rum, Sciennes,
Talisker, Uig,Voe, Waterloo, Yell and Zetland - your journey has
just begun!
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