Carmyle

Cair Maol

Meaning

fort of the promontory or bare fort

Settlement

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.
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

Alternative Forms