English / Map Form: Cults
Gaelic Form: A’ Chùilt
Location: Aberdeen
Post Town: Aberdeen
County: Aberdeenshire
Local Authority: City of Aberdeen
English / Map Form: Cults
Gaelic Form: A’ Chùilt
Language Notes
Sources
Cuilt: Dwelly [location not given]
ə χultʃ: Diack MS2276 [for the one in Glen Artney]
“This name occurs several times in Aberdeenshire, and is common elsewhere. The usual derivation is that it represents Coillte, woods. The Gaelic pronunciation negatives this. It is A’ Chuilt, or, writing it without the article, Cuilt It will be noticed that the older expression, “The Cults” which is still heard translates the definite article of the Gaelic. The word is most likely, it would appear, a derivative of cùil, a nook or corner, and has the same signification.” Diack Aberdeen Free Press 31.08.1910
