the hill of spells

April 14, 2013

Tullynessle
(Aberdeenshire)
The Hill of spells

Ibrox
(Glagow)
Ford of the badger

Dumfries
(Dumfries &; Galloway)
Fortress of the woodland

Baldragon
(Dundee)
Place of the hero

Ericht
The river of  my hometown
(Perth & Kinross)
Beauteous 

Bracklinn
(Stirling)
Speckled cataract

Ailsa Craig
(South Ayrshire)
Fairy rock

Auchnagatt
(Aberdeenshire)
Field of the wild cats

Glenshee
(Perth &; Kinross)
Fairy glen

Sidlaws
(Perth & Kinross; Angus)
Fairy/sacred hills

Spittal
(Moray; Highland)
Refuge

Lerwick
(Shetland)
Mud bay

Megginch
(Perth & Kinross)
Milk island

Rutherglen
(South Lanarkshire)
Red valley

Blairgowrie
Hometown
(Perth & Kinross)
Plain of Gabran
Gabràn was a sixth-century king of Dàl Riada.

Lairig Ghru
(Highland, Moray)
The gloomy pass


My Mum was talking to me about Scottish place names today.
Then she handed me a book full of them.
These are a few of my favourites.
Especially Tullynessle and Ibrox.
My dad's from the 'Ford of the Badger'.
...
Stupendous.
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