Caerlaverock (; gd, Cille Bhlàthain) is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
, Scotland.
The parish was historically in
Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county.
I ...
. The area includes:
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Caerlaverock Castle
Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve. Caerlaverock was a stronghold of th ...
, a 13th-century castle, located south of Dumfries, Scotland
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Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve
Caerlaverock is a national nature reserve (NNR) covering parts of the mudflats and shoreline of the Solway Firth about 10 km south of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies between the River Nith and the Lochar Water, and c ...
, a National Nature Reserve in the Solway Firth, south-west Scotland
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WWT Caerlaverock
WWT Caerlaverock is wetland nature reserve in southwest Scotland, one of nine reserves in Britain operated by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust founded by Sir Peter Scott.
It covers a site at Eastpark Farm, on the north shore of the Solway Firth ...
, a
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is an international wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. Its patron is Charles III, and its president is Kate Humble.
History
The WWT was founded in 1946 by the ornithologist a ...
nature reserve, located south of Dumfries, Scotland
Etymology
The name ''Caerlaverock'' is of
Brittonic
Brittonic or Brythonic may refer to:
*Common Brittonic, or Brythonic, the Celtic language anciently spoken in Great Britain
*Brittonic languages, a branch of the Celtic languages descended from Common Brittonic
*Britons (Celtic people)
The Br ...
origin.
The first part of the name is the element ''cajr'' meaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
''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
: ''For the river which flows into Bala Lake see Afon Llafar (Dee)''
Afon Llafar is a river in the Carneddau, Snowdonia. It rises where many streams flow down the slopes of Yr Elen, Carnedd Llewelyn and Carnedd Dafydd to join together in the va ...
),
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
MapHistorical Tax Rolls
References
Geography of Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfriesshire
Civil parishes of Scotland
Parishes in Dumfries and Galloway
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