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Renfreiushh-e Keltic Place Names. 107
RENFREWSHIRE KELTIC PLACE
NAMES.
NEILSTON PARISH.— (^:rr//V- Place- Names— Y>^xxhead—
Barr, s.m., the top, the uppermost part of
anything, and head, English. Barsheegray— Barr, top
sith, a hill; gray = graigh, a flock or herd, or stud of
horses. Barsheegray therefore signifies Top of the flock-
hill. Commonmore— Here the English common is used as
a Gaelic word, and qualified by the Gaelic adjective nioi\
large Commonmore therefore means, the large common.
;
Old Barr denotes Old Top. Achenbach—Achadh, s.m., a
field ; bach, s.m., a breach or contention ; en. the article an ;
Achenbach consequently signifies. Field of the breach or
contention. Mearns, Merns, Moerne, Meiernys (Kincar-
dineshire)—a district in the north-east of Scotland, called
Magh Circin, the plain of Circin, from which this place in
Renfrewshire has been called. Auchentibeer—Achadh-antiobair,
Field of the well. Knockglass—Cnoc glas, Verdant
hill. Brythonic.— Arthurlie = Arthur-lee. Killock— -Celli,
a grove; ock, for oak ;
Killock, the oak grove (Bannister's
" Glossary of Cornish Names."
Callhart Parish.— Gaelic—Drumby = Druim-buidhe,
Yellow ridge. Brythonic.—Clincart—Clin = Calenick (celin^
holly), holly place, or moist (lynnic) enclosure (cae)— Ban-
nister. So Clincart would seem to signify, Moist enclosure
on the Cart.
Parish of Eaglesham.— Gaelic—Bennan = Beannan,
a little hill ; so Beannan denotes Little hill. Bogside
— ;
Bog means a soft place, and Bogside signifies The side of a
soft place. High Craig— Craig =--Creag, a rock, and High
Craig means High Rock. Nether Craigs denotes Nether
Rocks. Enoch = Eanach, s.m., a moor, a marsh. Revoch
= Riabhach, adj., reddish-grey in colour; Revoch, ground