Craigengall
Creag nan Gall
Meaning
the rocky hill associated with the outlanders
Location
West Lothian
West Lothian
EH48
NS921713
English / Map Form: Craigengall
Gaelic Form: Creag nan Gall
Post Town: BATHGATE
Postcode area: EH48
County: West Lothian
Local Authority: West Lothian
English / Map Form: Craigengall
Gaelic Form: Creag nan Gall
Sources
Cragyngall 1426 CGRH (Wilkinson 1992, 18)
Cragingaw 1539 RMS iii no. 2298
Cragingalle c. 1540 rent roll (Wilkinson 1992, 18)
Craigingaw 1591 RMS v no. 2303
Craigingall 1568–1686 Prot. Bk Johnsoun–Kirk Session MS
“Craigengall is for Creag nan Gall, ‘rock of the foreigners,’ i.e. English”: Watson 1926, 146
Early forms and Gaelic form sourced from Morgan 2013.
