English / Map Form: Millburn
Gaelic Form: Allt a' Mhuilinn
Location: Dumbarton
Post Town: Dumbarton
County: Dunbartonshire
Local Authority: West Dunbartonshire
English / Map Form: Millburn
Gaelic Form: Allt a' Mhuilinn
Language Notes
G nom. sg. allt, masc. ‘burn’ + masc. gen. sg. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. muileann, masc. ‘mill’ = ‘the park of the mill’Element Meaning
allt ~ burn; muileann ~ mill
Sources
OS 6 inc 1st edn. from 1864 shows a burn at this site, but does not name it. The whole area has been urbanised and the burn does not now exist. ‘Miln’ is marked on 1777 Ross’s map of the Shire of Dumbarton. Irving p. 45 mentions Millburn as a settlement.
Additional Information
Applied to Millburn Road, Dumbartonshire ~ Rathad Allt a’ Mhuilinn
