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Millburn

Allt a' Mhuilinn

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Meaning

mill burn


Settlement

Location

Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire

NS385793


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

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