Celtic
Place-Names
39
in Aberdeenshire.
(for Blairdykes). Dykes on an open moor. form of blar, open space. By transposition of I and r, blair had become barrel, and sometimes burrel, as in Honeybarrel, Burreldales. Barrowsgate. Gate at a point of a wood. Barra, gen.
Barreldykes
Blair, gen.
of barr, point.
Barry. Point. jecting end of a hill.
Barra, gen. form of barr, point, pro-
Bartle Muir. Muir on which a fair was held on St Bartholomew's Bay. Barthol Chapel. Chapel dedicated to St Bartholomew. Basilhall. Farm-town named after a person whose name was Basil, a derivative from basilcus (Greek), king. Bass, The. The place of execution for the burgh of Bas, death. Gatekeeper's house in the style of a fortified entrance to Glentanar House. Bastione (Italian),
Inverurie.
Bastion Lodge.
fortification.
Battle Fauld.
Fauld supposed to have been the
site of
a battle.
Battlehill. Hill on which a battle was said to have been fought. Of this there is no evidence on record. Battle might represent Bad Tulaich, bushy round-topped hillock. Bad, bush; tulaich, gen. of tulach, hillock. Baudnacauner. See Badnacauxer. Baudy Meg. Bushy hill of great extent. Badan, bushy place; mead, greatness of size and extent. Dh and gh are pronounced alike, and thus d and g are interchanged. Baudygaun. Thicket at a cattle-fold. Badan, thicket; gabhainn, gen. of gabhann, cattle-fold.
Baudyground
(for Badan Cruinn). Bound clump of Badan, clump; cruinn, round. Baudylace Burn. Burn of a bushy place where there was a cattle- or sheep-fold. Badan, bushy place, thicket;
trees.
Use, gen. of lias, enclosed place, cattle-fold, sheep-fold.
Same as Baads; which see. After the letter a, long and broad, I is inserted. Bawbee Loch. Milking-fold loch. Babhunn, cow-fold. Babhunn having been thought to be a diminutive unn had Baulus.
especially
if
been made ee
Bawdley
for ie.
(for
Bad
Ley).
Bushy
grass land.
Bad, bush;
ley (Scotch), grass land.
Beadshallock. Grove of willows. Bad, wood, grove; seileach, gen. plural of seileach, willow. Bealach Buidhe. Yellow pass. Bealach, pass; buidhe, yellow. The reference must be to the colour of the subsoil. Bealach Dearg. Bed pass. Bealach, pass, mountain gorge dearg, red. ;