Celtic Places & Placenames

Celtic Places & Placenames
Author: John Moss
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2022-09-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1399087487

‘Celtic Places’ are typified by some several hundred townships and villages whose names still bear the imprint of their earliest Celtic roots, but the scope of the book is not restricted to human settlements; it is also true of the many mountains and rivers that they named, and to several thousand sites of standing stone monuments, Celtic high crosses, henges, hill figures, funeral barrows and hillforts, which are all included in the book. What they all have in common is that they reflect the rich cultural heritage that was implicit in the names of places in the British Isles and Ireland as it existed before the Romans arrived.

The Celtic Placenames of Scotland

The Celtic Placenames of Scotland
Author: William J. Watson
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 178885361X

First published in 1926, this book remains the best and most comprehensive guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland and is essential reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place-names the length and breadth of the country. It is divided into sections dealing with early names, territorial divisions, general surveys of areas and also looks at saints, church terms and river names. As the standard reference work on the subject it has never been surpassed. This edition contains a new introduction which includes biographical material about the author, together with corrigenda and addenda.

Place names in much of north-east Scotland

Place names in much of north-east Scotland
Author: Adam Watson
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2013-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782220690

A study of Celtic, Scots and English place names across large sections of north-east Scotland, based on interviews with indigenous residents working the land and the sea, along with historical sources and maps.

Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands

Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands
Author: Ian Murray
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782223274

In this book the authors present many unpublished place names from Upper Deeside and from counties in the Highlands beyond. These were heard from indigenous folk back to 1941. Names are given with phonetic spellings, so that readers can pronounce them accurately, and in most cases with translations from Gaelic, Norse, Scots or Pictish into English. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of places and informants. Of interest to residents and visitors, it should help preserve for the future an important aspect of local identity and language.