Carmyle
Cair Maol
Meaning
fort of the promontory or bare fort
Location
City of Glasgow
Glasgow City
NS648622
English / Map Form: Carmyle
Gaelic Form: Cair Maol
Location: Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Carmyle
Gaelic Form: Cair Maol
Language Notes
Element Meaning
cair ~ mound, fort + maol ~ promonontory, bare, bald
Sources
| Caruil | c.1124 Glasg. Reg. vol i, p. 4, |
| Kermil | 1268 Glas. Reg., no. 218 |
| Kermyl | 1274 Glas. Reg., no. 222-6 |
| Carmyle | 1510 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmyll | 1511 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmyl | 1512 Glas. Rent. |
| Kermily, Kermyle, Carmyle | 1512 RMS ii, 3684 |
| Carmyll | 1513 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmylle | 1514 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmill | 1515 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmylel | 1517 Glas. Rent. |
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Carmyll |
1520 Glas. Rent. |
| Ouer Carmyle | 1526 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmyle | 1527 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmyle | 1527 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmyle | 1528 Glas. Rent. |
| Carmyld | 1537 Glas. Rent |
Additional Information
Kermill 1240 it may be for caer-foel ‘bare fort’, with m of moel not mutated: Watson 1926, 367
