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Auchenblae

Achadh nam Blàth


Location

Kincardineshire

Aberdeenshire

NO728789


English / Map Form: Auchenblae

Gaelic Form: Achadh nam Blàth


Location: Laurencekirk

Post Town: Laurencekirk

County: Kincardineshire

Local Authority: Aberdeenshire

English / Map Form: Auchenblae

Gaelic Form: Achadh nam Blàth


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Auchinblae 1630 RMS xiii, 1678

Maybe Achadh an Blaith, field of the blossom.: A. Watson 2013, ‘Place names in much of north-east Scotland’ 155-6

 

Additional Information

The origin of this name is not certain, but the currently proposed form is the one now understood.

Alternative Forms

Auchinblae

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