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than sixty places with this name in Galloway, it is occa- 
sionally used singly, and in its Gaelic spelling when it simply 
signifies uplands, but mostly as a prefix. Bargally, from Barr- 
geal, the white or fair point ; Bardarroch, from Barr-darach, the 
oak wood point ; Barcaple, from Barr-capull, the horses (mares) 
point on uplands ; Barlochan, from Barr-lochan, the little lake at 
the point; Ben, the English corruption of the Gaelic Beinn, a 
mountain ; Bengairn, from Beinn-a-chairn, the mountain of the 
cairn; Bennan, from Beinn-a-nan, the mountain of the river, 
which graphically describes its situation as it rises from the 
margin of the Ken; Benbrock, from Beinn-bhroc, the badgers’ 
mountain ; Cairn, from the Gaelic Carn, also means a mountain, 
and sometimes a monumental heap of stones; like Bar, it is 
sometimes used singly, but generally as a prefix; Cairnsmwir, from 
Carn-mor, the great cairn; Cairnleys, from Carn-liath, the grey 
cairn ; Blair, from the Gaelic Blar, a battle, a battlefield, also a 
plain ; Blairinne, from Blar-inne, the battle or battlefield at the 
water channel or river ; Blairshinnoch, from Blar-sionnaigh, this 
may mean either the battle of the foxes, from the cunning dis- 
played by the combatants, or the plain of the foxes; Blairbuies, 
from Blar-buidhe, the yellow battlefield or plain. Car, from the 
Gaelic Cam, Car, Crom, a bend, curved, crooked; Carlae, from 
Car-liath, the grey bend; Carsmaddie, from Car-madadh, the 
wolf's bend; Cargen, from Car-eanach, the curved or winding 
water. The English words Corry, Corrie, and Currie, all of which 
are from the Gaelic Cotre, meaning a ravine or deep hollow, are 
frequently met with. Corriedow, from Covre-dubh, the black 
ravine ; Corriefeckloch, from Coire-fitheach-loch, the ravens’ ravine 
of or at the lake ; Awrriereoch, evidently from Coire-riabhach, the 
grey looking ravine. Cowl and Cull, from the Gaelic Cul, mean- 
ing the back or back-lying place, are of common occurrence ; 
Culdoch, from Cul-du-oich, which means the back-lying place of 
the dark water, which fully describes its position in connection 
with the dark water of the Dee; Culreoch, from Cul-ribahach, 
the back-lying grey looking places. Craig and Craige, from the 
Gaelic Creag, Craigie, Creagach, meaning a rock, a rocky place, 
occur very frequently. It occasionally appears singly as Craig, 
but generally as a prefix. Craigdarroch, from Creay-daraich, the 
rock of the oak wood; Craigshinny, from Creag-sionnaigh, the 
foxes’ rock ; Craigdew, from Creag-dubh, the black rock. Drum, 
from the Gaelic Drwim, a ridge, is also of frequent occurrence ; 
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