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Caerlaverock

Civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

54°58′30″N 3°30′29″W / 54.975°N 3.508°W / 54.975; -3.508

Caerlaverock (/kərˈlævərək/; Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhlàthain) is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

The parish was historically in Dumfriesshire. The area includes:

Caerlaverock Castle, a 13th-century castle, located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of Dumfries, Scotland
Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve, a National Nature Reserve in the Solway Firth, south-west Scotland
WWT Caerlaverock, a Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust nature reserve, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Dumfries, Scotland

Etymology

The name Caerlaverock is of Brittonic origin.^[1] The first part of the name is the element cajr meaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (Welsh caer, "fort, city").^[1] The second part of the name may be the personal name Lïμarch (Welsh Llywarch),^[1] or a lost stream-name formed from the adjective laβar, "talkative" (Welsh llafar, see Afon Llafar),^[1] suffixed with –ǭg, "having the quality of",^[1] or the adjectival suffix -īg.^[1] The present form has been influenced by the Scots word laverock, "skylark".^[1]

External links

Map
Historical Tax Rolls

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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.