English / Map Form: Bothwell
Gaelic Form: No Gaelic form
Post Town: Glasgow
County: Lanarkshire
Local Authority: South Lanarkshire ~ Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas
English / Map Form: Bothwell
Gaelic Form: No Gaelic form
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The following information is paraphrased from our national policy and may be subject to change:
If the map name is in Standard Scots English or Scots with no Gaelic form in evidence, the name is left untranslated even if a parallel exists.
Additional Information
Battle of Bothwell Bridge ~ Blàr Drochaid Bothwell
22 June 1679
Latha Drochaid Bhoiseil: Am Fèillire, 1875, 8 [Cf also Là Fheill Bhoiseil, 22/3 Feb 1873]
Blàr is the term used to denote the site of the battle, where as the term latha, as shown above, refers to the event of the battle.
