Cockleroi
| Cockleroi | |
|---|---|
 Pathway to Cockleroi | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 59[2] |
| Coordinates | 55°57′06″N 3°37′12″W / 55.95163°N 3.61988°W |
| Geography | |
  Cockleroi Location within West Lothian | |
Cockleroi or Cockleroy[2] is a prominent hill in Scotland.[3][4] It is Linlithgow's local hill. On its top there are some remains of an Iron Age's hill fort.[5]
Etymology
[edit]There are multiple explanations for the name Cockleroi. The most phonetically plausible is derivation from Gaelic *cochull-ruadh meaning "red cap, hood or mantle".[6] Less convincing Gaelic derivations are *cachaileth ruadh, "red gate",[6] *cuchailte ruadh, "red residence, seat".[6] The name may be Brittonic and derived from *cloc-erjo- (from *clog, "rock, crag, steep cliff", Welsh clegyr),[6] suffixed with rūδ, "red" (Welsh rhudd),[6] but this requires double metathesis and unexplained reversion of -e- to –o-.[6]
Rigs on Cockleroi
Summit of Cockleroy
References
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Media related to Cockleroy Hill at Wikimedia Commons
- ↑ Coppens, Philip (2007). Land of the Gods: How a Scottish Landscape was Sanctified to Become Arthur's Camelot. BookBaby. ISBN 9781623092344. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- 1 2 "Cockleroy". Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 65 Falkirk & Linlithgow (Dunfermline) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229705.
- ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ Mountain, Harry (1998). The Celtic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. Universal-Publishers. p. 1202. ISBN 9781581128949. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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