Drumlemble

Druim Lèamal

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

NR662198

English / Map Form: Drumlemble

Gaelic Form: Druim Lèamal

Location: Kintyre, Argyll

Post Town: CAMPBELTOWN

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Drumlemble

Gaelic Form: Druim Lèamal

Language Notes

G nom. sg. druim, masc. ‘ridge’ + obscure element

Element Meaning

G druim, ‘ridge’ + obscure element

Sources

Drumlamele 1505 ER xii, 315
Drumlamyl 1505 ER xii, appendix
Drumnamyll 1507 ER xii, 316
Drummellennill 1562 RSS (from OPS I, 2, 7. Cannot locate in RSS.)
Drumlanbill 1596 Highland Papers III, 75
Drumlanbill 1605 Highland Papers III, 82
Drummlemman 1680 Justiciary Records of Argyll, 77b
Drummlemman 1680 Justiciary Records of Argyll, 77c
Drumlemman 1694 Argyll Register, 11
Drumlemill 1695 Retours (Argyle) 93
Drumlemman 1713 Justiciary Records of Argyll and the Isles, 293

Druim Lèamal: Robertson MS370, 31