In-depth study of the place-names of Clackmannanshire, namely the 5 parishes of Alloa, Alva, Clac... more In-depth study of the place-names of Clackmannanshire, namely the 5 parishes of Alloa, Alva, Clackmannan, Dollar and Tillicoultry. It includes: • full analysis of 660 place-names • introductory chapters on the county’s place-names, geography, geology, early history, administrative history and linguistic history • extensive parish introductions • several glossaries including an elements glossary which discusses words from the various languages (Brittonic, Gaelic, Scots and Scottish Standard English) found in Clackmannanshire place-names.
Volume 7 in the Survey of Scottish Place-Names series. It contains a comprehensive analysis and d... more Volume 7 in the Survey of Scottish Place-Names series. It contains a comprehensive analysis and discussion of place-names in pre-1975 Kinross-shire arranged alphabetically by parish (Cleish, Fossoway, Kinross, Orwell and Portmoak). It also contains (a) a full calendar of documents relating to the abbey, later priory, of Lochleven up to the early 15th century, with editions and translations of hitherto unpublished and/or untranslated material; and (b) a glossary of all the words or elements found in the place-name corpus.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The key to understanding a landscape is through its connections, which tie together people and en... more The key to understanding a landscape is through its connections, which tie together people and environment within and beyond that landscape and across many different periods. This is particularly true of the northern face of the Ochil Hills in central Scotland, which is characterised by dense networks of connections between lowlands and uplands, local and regional. To trace those connections we integrate the results of walkover survey, aerial archaeology, excavations, documentary analysis and place name analysis, revealing significant continuities and differences in the networks and relationships that have connected this landscape across time and space. Iron Age hillforts used their prominence and monumentality to guide people along very specific routes across the Ochils. Regular seasonal movements of cattle and herders in the medieval and post-medieval periods were closely related to the agriculture and settlement they encountered on the way: this interaction can be clearly seen in...
Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the ... more Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the location of a medieval hospital, lands belonging to such a hospital, or, in remote places, to the location of an inn or hostel. This paper argues that there is an overlooked dimension to spittal place-names, namely that some of them are properties belonging to the Knights Hospitaller, one of the crusading orders founded to protect the crusade routes to Jerusalem in the twelfth century. There is a large cluster of spittal-names in the earldom of Lennox, particularly in Strathendrick, and the evidence points to their being properties of the Hospitallers or their fellow crusading order, the Knights Templar. The Templars were suppressed in 1312 and many of their possessions were transferred to the Hospitallers. It is likely that these spittal-names in the Lennox are in fact crusading endowments, given perhaps by the earls of Lennox or the bishops of Glasgow.
Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the ... more Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the location of a medieval hospital, lands belonging to such a hospital, or, in remote places, to the location of an inn or hostel. This paper argues that there is an overlooked dimension to spittal place-names, namely that some of them are properties belonging to the Knights Hospitaller, one of the crusading orders founded to protect the crusade routes to Jerusalem in the twelfth century. There is a large cluster of spittal-names in the earldom of Lennox, particularly in Strathendrick, and the evidence points to their being properties of the Hospitallers or their fellow crusading order, the Knights Templar. The Templars were suppressed in 1312 and many of their possessions were transferred to the Hospitallers. It is likely that these spittal-names in the Lennox are in fact crusading endowments, given perhaps by the earls of Lennox or the bishops of Glasgow.
In-depth study of the place-names of Clackmannanshire, namely the 5 parishes of Alloa, Alva, Clac... more In-depth study of the place-names of Clackmannanshire, namely the 5 parishes of Alloa, Alva, Clackmannan, Dollar and Tillicoultry. It includes: • full analysis of 660 place-names • introductory chapters on the county’s place-names, geography, geology, early history, administrative history and linguistic history • extensive parish introductions • several glossaries including an elements glossary which discusses words from the various languages (Brittonic, Gaelic, Scots and Scottish Standard English) found in Clackmannanshire place-names.
Volume 7 in the Survey of Scottish Place-Names series. It contains a comprehensive analysis and d... more Volume 7 in the Survey of Scottish Place-Names series. It contains a comprehensive analysis and discussion of place-names in pre-1975 Kinross-shire arranged alphabetically by parish (Cleish, Fossoway, Kinross, Orwell and Portmoak). It also contains (a) a full calendar of documents relating to the abbey, later priory, of Lochleven up to the early 15th century, with editions and translations of hitherto unpublished and/or untranslated material; and (b) a glossary of all the words or elements found in the place-name corpus.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The key to understanding a landscape is through its connections, which tie together people and en... more The key to understanding a landscape is through its connections, which tie together people and environment within and beyond that landscape and across many different periods. This is particularly true of the northern face of the Ochil Hills in central Scotland, which is characterised by dense networks of connections between lowlands and uplands, local and regional. To trace those connections we integrate the results of walkover survey, aerial archaeology, excavations, documentary analysis and place name analysis, revealing significant continuities and differences in the networks and relationships that have connected this landscape across time and space. Iron Age hillforts used their prominence and monumentality to guide people along very specific routes across the Ochils. Regular seasonal movements of cattle and herders in the medieval and post-medieval periods were closely related to the agriculture and settlement they encountered on the way: this interaction can be clearly seen in...
Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the ... more Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the location of a medieval hospital, lands belonging to such a hospital, or, in remote places, to the location of an inn or hostel. This paper argues that there is an overlooked dimension to spittal place-names, namely that some of them are properties belonging to the Knights Hospitaller, one of the crusading orders founded to protect the crusade routes to Jerusalem in the twelfth century. There is a large cluster of spittal-names in the earldom of Lennox, particularly in Strathendrick, and the evidence points to their being properties of the Hospitallers or their fellow crusading order, the Knights Templar. The Templars were suppressed in 1312 and many of their possessions were transferred to the Hospitallers. It is likely that these spittal-names in the Lennox are in fact crusading endowments, given perhaps by the earls of Lennox or the bishops of Glasgow.
Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the ... more Much discussion on the place-name element spittal has focused on its use as an indication of the location of a medieval hospital, lands belonging to such a hospital, or, in remote places, to the location of an inn or hostel. This paper argues that there is an overlooked dimension to spittal place-names, namely that some of them are properties belonging to the Knights Hospitaller, one of the crusading orders founded to protect the crusade routes to Jerusalem in the twelfth century. There is a large cluster of spittal-names in the earldom of Lennox, particularly in Strathendrick, and the evidence points to their being properties of the Hospitallers or their fellow crusading order, the Knights Templar. The Templars were suppressed in 1312 and many of their possessions were transferred to the Hospitallers. It is likely that these spittal-names in the Lennox are in fact crusading endowments, given perhaps by the earls of Lennox or the bishops of Glasgow.
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