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Caerlaverock(/kərˈlævərək/;Scottish Gaelic:Cille Bhlàthain) is acivil parishinDumfries and Galloway,Scotland.
The parish was historically inDumfriesshire.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,aWildfowl and Wetlands Trustnature reserve, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Dumfries, Scotland
Etymology
editThe nameCaerlaverockis ofBrittonicorigin.[1]The first part of the name is the elementcajrmeaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (Welshcaer,"fort, city" ).[1]The second part of the name may be the personal nameLïμarch(WelshLlywarch),[1]or a loststream-nameformed from the adjectivelaβar,"talkative" (Welshllafar,seeAfon Llafar),[1]suffixed with–ǭg,"having the quality of",[1]or the adjectival suffix-īg.[1]The present form has been influenced by theScotswordlaverock,"skylark".[1]
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- ^abcdefgJames, Alan."A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence"(PDF).SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 13 August 2017.Retrieved25 November2018.
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