Glen Prosen

Gleann Pràsain

Lowland Feature

Location

Angus

Angus

DD8

NO293679

English / Map Form: Glen Prosen

Gaelic Form: Gleann Pràsain

Location: Perth & Kinross

Post Town: FORFAR

Postcode area: DD8

County: Angus

Local Authority: Angus

English / Map Form: Glen Prosen

Gaelic Form: Gleann Pràsain

Language Notes

nom. sg. G gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + obscure hydronym 

Element Meaning

G gleann ~ glen + obscure hydronym

Sources

glenprostyn 1463 Reg. Cup. no. 74
water-side of Prosswym 1524 Lives of the Lindsays i., 447
Glenprossin, prossin c. 1591 Pont text 139r
Prossyiin R c. 1591 Pont map 30 front
Prossin fl 1636-1652 Gordon map 6
Proson Wr 1794 Ainslie Angus
Gleann Pràsain Watson 2001, 147 (see also 1926, 430)
Gleann Pràsain Watson in Dwelly
Uisg prasaik, prasag, glen prasaik, uisge phrasaik sometimes prasan Diack 1944, 185

Alternative Forms

 Glenprosen