Caerlaverock Explained

Caerlaverock (; Gaelic; 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 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 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"). The second part of the name may be the personal name Lïμarch (Welsh Llywarch), or a lost stream-name formed from the adjective laβar, "talkative" (Welsh llafar, see Afon Llafar), suffixed with –ǭg, "having the quality of", or the adjectival suffix -īg. The present form has been influenced by the Scots word laverock, "skylark".

External links

• Map
• Historical Tax Rolls

Notes and References

1. Web site: James. Alan. A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf. 13 August 2017. 25 November 2018. SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North.