Plack Names. 13 



Holm — ijmall islainl in a river. 



Cowhill — coil, wood and hill. 



fSiuiimerhill — surname (Summers). 



Abbey — from Holy wood Abljey. 



.Standalane — O.E., stan, a tall rock by itself. 



Gribton — Grib's ton (village or dwelling). 



Clouden — clwyd warm, afon or an, stream or river, also clith. 



violent. 

 Cormaddie — lull of the dog or wolf. 

 Birkhall — house of the birches, 

 line — Rudha, a point of land. 



March-house — march line of division between lands. 

 Knowehead — Sc, knowe, hillock, top of the hill. 

 Berryland — the hill land. 

 Fourmerkland — land valued at i merks (54s Sd) ; Fournierklund 



Tower built by R. Maxwell 1590. 

 Xewtonairds — the new dwelling of the height. 

 Balfreggan, Barfreggan — hill of the blackberry. 

 Looberry — lub a bend, curvature, high hill. 

 Clachan — collection of liouses. 



Steilston — O.E., stoel place, ton dwelling, hostelry. 

 Slaethorn Croft — slae is sloe ; G., croit, pendicle of land. 

 Dalawoodie — Dail fields of, bheadaig, gossip or wanton. 

 Kilncroft — cille church, croft, tield. 

 Ashyholm — O.E., aesche the ash tree, holm. 

 Kilness — cille ('hurch, uios top, summit. 

 Baltarsan — house at the crossing. 

 Druidpark — probably from Druim, a ridge. 

 Dumfries — Dun fort, of the Frisians ; .some say of the furze or 



whin. 

 Solway — O.X., sol.-Aagr. muddy liay. 



Such are most of the names in the watershed of the River 

 Cairn, extending through the parishes named to the west of 

 Dumfriesshire. It has been attempted to give the most likely 

 interpretation of them, and if bringing this subject before the 

 Society might somewhat advance the Avork of place-names in the 

 county, this work may not have been done in vain. 



