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| Achleskine (Achadh le Sgaine)
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Field or land belonging to Scone. Auchraw Field or land by the ford
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| Auchtow (Achtugh) or Achtubha
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Field or land producing thatch i.e. sprits or rushes
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| Auchtow-more
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As above, with mor, great
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| Creagan (should be Criath-a-gan)
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The rocky place liable to whirling winds. The name of a farm in Strathire
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| Craigruie
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The rock of the he-goat
Rev. David Cameron's note:
Others derive it from Craig-an-Righ, King's rock.
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| Edinample (Eudain-am-Pillidh)
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The face of the hill of the time of turning. According to tradition the name of the place dates from the Roman invasion under Agricola. The inhabitants of the country, being defeated at Delginross, a plain near Comrie, are said to have been driven up the south side of Loch Earn. But, having been joined by a reinforcement near the head of the loch (at the place indicated), they turned upon their pursuers, and forced them back through the passes toward Ardoch, the well-known site of the Roman fortified camp. In the account given by Tacitus of the battle of Mons Grampius, the only great battle his uncle fought with the natives, there is nothing inconsistent with the above tradition. Though he claims a victory, it is evident the battle was long and keenly contested. It is also evident that the Romans must have suffered much, for immediately thereafter Agricola withdrew his army to the south of the Ochils. In reference to this battle, I may further mention that antiquarians have been unable, from the account given by Tacitus, to determine its exact site - some placing it in the immediate neighbourhood of Ardoch, and others elsewhere. But the name given to the battle - that of Mons Grampius- in connection with the topography of the country, seems to settle the matter. A hill near Comrie, on which the right wing of the Roman Army would rest (supposing the traditional account of the site of the battle to be correct) is called Monadh Cnapich - "the hill of heaps" This name would be very easily and naturally Latinised into Mons Grampius, for phonetically it is Monadh Chrapi, the Cn having a sound something between Kr and Gr. It is exceedingly probable that Monadh Cnapich, then, accounts for the name of the battle of Mons Grampius. And it is not at all unlikely that this is the origin of the name given to the whole range of mountains forming the great ridge of Scotland.- The Grampians. In Celtic literature the name is only known as Druim Albin - the backbone of Albion - the name by which the Celts always knew their own country.
Rev. David Cameron's note:
It is an unpleasant duty to differ from a received tradition, but the traditionary derivation of Edinample will, I fear, not bear the scrutiny of strict examination, and must give way before the exigencies of correct etymology. We say nothing of the worth of the tradition itself, which may be perfectly good, but we do not think it can rest on the meaning or derivation of Edinample. "The face of the hill of the time of turning" is neither a natural nor an elegant form of expression, and leads one of itself to suppose that it is too far-fetched. It is a conception much too abstract and clumsy to be used in Gaelic. We might expect "the face of the turning," but hardly a mixture of place and time. The true derivation of the word seems to be much simpler from "Eudain-a-phuill" - the brow or face of the marshy ground, or pond or pool, alluding doubtless to some natural characteristic which the water of the loch (Earn) formed with the land. It is of interest to note that this, too, is the derivation given by Mr. Stewart, minister of Balquhidder, under Balquhidder, in Statistical account of Scotland.
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| Edinchip (Eudain Chip)
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The face of the heapy or bulky hill
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| Inver-loch-larig
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The confluence of the stream from top of pass or larig
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| King's House (Celtic Tigh-an-Righ)
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This house of entertainment was originally built by the Commissioners for the forfeited for the accommodation of drovers, 1747
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| Kirktown
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The hamlet of the Church. In the Gaelic it is the clachan or clacharon, i.e. the stepping stones. The Kirktons in the Highlands are almost all clachans. The reason is that the places of worship, for the convenience of the people, were always built near fords. The glen behind this Kirktown is Gleann Eirionnach; the stream flowing through is the Eirineach; a small lake at the height is Lochan-an-Eirinich; the top of the pass into Glendochart is Larig Eirinach; and a high rock overhanging the pass is Leum-an-Eirinich - the leap of the Eirinach. Eirinach is a wedder goat.
Rev. David Cameron's note:
Another explanation of the word Clachan (Scotice, Kirktown) is given. Clachan is said to have been the name given to the Druidical places of worship, which were formed of a circle, or collection of large stones, i.e.Clachan. These Druidical circles being in the most commodious situations for the people of the different districts, the new places of worship, after the introduction of Christianity, were erected upon their site, or near to it, and the name Clachan came thus to be transferred from the one place of worship to the other.
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| Ledchrich
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The land sloping to the march.
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| MonachyleMor (Monadh-na-coille Mhor)
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The hill of the great wood.
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| Monachyle Tuarach
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The hill of the wood having a northern exposure.
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| Mur-Laggan
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Many hollows.
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| Sron-Slany
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The promontory of Leny.
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| Stronvar (Sron Bhar)
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The promontory by the lake. Bar, Mar, or Mer, in Celtic and kindred languages, a sheet of water, or the sea.
Rev. David Cameron's note:
I differ from Mr. MacGregor in his derivation of Stronvar, chiefly on the ground that whilst Mar or Mara means the sea, it is never in Gaelic used of a lake of fresh-water loch. On the contrary, it is used of the sea in contradistinction to a sheet of inland water. My belief has always been that Stronvar is from "Sron or Stron-a-bharra," and means the promontory of the point," or at the point; or still more literally, "the promontory of the height" in allusion to the ridge of hill overlooking Stronvar. This is the derivation accepted by Rev.Mr. Stewart of Balquhidder. Vide "Balquhidder," Statistical Account of Scotland.
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| Tannoch Tigh
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House of the fertile fields.
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| Tigh-a-chnoic
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The house of the knoll.
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