Summary
Caerlanrig - also spelled 'Carlenrig' - (Gaelic: Cathair Lannraig) is a hamlet in the parish of Cavers, Borders, Scotland, lying on the River Teviot, 6 miles (10 km) north east of that river's source, and 10 miles (16 km) south west of Hawick.
Caerlanrig
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  Caerlanrig Location within Scotland | |
| Community council | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| Website | aberdeencity.gov.uk |
Etymology edit
The first element of the name is probably the extinct Cumbric cair 'fortification', though Gaelic cathair has been suggested.[1] The second element is generally taken as Cumbric lanerx, meaning 'clearing' (cf. Welsh llanerch).[2] Another suggestion is that the name is Cumbric cair + Old English lang 'long' and hrycg 'ridge'.[3]
Border reiver edit
It is best known for being the site where John Armstrong of Gilnockie, notorious member of Clan Armstrong and brother of Thomas, Laird of Mangerton was captured and hanged by King James V for being a reiver.[4] The king's household book records that James V was at Caerlanrig on Tuesday 5 July 1530.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Precedents of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme: Names - Unique to Names - Yiddish". Archived from the original on 11 January 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2006.
- ^ Coates, Richard, Invisible Britons: the view from toponomastics. In George Broderick and Paul Cavill, eds, Language contact in the place-names of Britain and Ireland. Nottingham: English Place-Name Society, 41-53, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).
- ^ Aeneas Mackay, Historie and cronicles of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp. 334-5
- ^ Excerpta e libris domicilii Jacobi Quinti regis Scotorum (Bannatyne Club: Edinburgh, 1836), Appendix p. 31.
External links edit
- RCAHMS record for Caerlanrig
- RCAHMS record for Caerlanrig, Watch Knowe
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Caerlanrig
- Photographs of 'A tour of the Armstrong Borderland', including Gilnockie's gravemarker
- 19th-century Ordnance Survey map of Caerlanrig
- Other map sources: grid reference NT399048