English / Map Form: Leuchar
Gaelic Form: An Luachair
Location: Westhill
Post Town: Westhill
County: Aberdeenshire
Local Authority: City of Aberdeen
English / Map Form: Leuchar
Gaelic Form: An Luachair
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
Leuchyrr Water (c. 1591 Pont map 11)
Leuchar-burn (1791-99 Stat. Acc. Sco. volume 16 page 376)
A stream…. Probably from luachar, a rush, rushes (the plant): Alexander 1952, 321
Additional Information
This is possibly a stream name, but also possibly primarily from the settlement.
