Download or read book The Celtic Placenames of Scotland written by William J. Watson and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1926, this book remains the best and most comprehensive guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland and is essential reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place-names the length and breadth of the country. It is divided into sections dealing with early names, territorial divisions, general surveys of areas and also looks at saints, church terms and river names. As the standard reference work on the subject it has never been surpassed. This edition contains a new introduction which includes biographical material about the author, together with corrigenda and addenda.

Download or read book Geographical etymology a dictionary of place names giving their derivations written by Christina Blackie and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations" by Christina Blackie. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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Download or read book Celtic Places Placenames written by John Moss and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Celtic Places’ are typified by some several hundred townships and villages whose names still bear the imprint of their earliest Celtic roots, but the scope of the book is not restricted to human settlements; it is also true of the many mountains and rivers that they named, and to several thousand sites of standing stone monuments, Celtic high crosses, henges, hill figures, funeral barrows and hillforts, which are all included in the book. What they all have in common is that they reflect the rich cultural heritage that was implicit in the names of places in the British Isles and Ireland as it existed before the Romans arrived.

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Download or read book An Anglo Saxon and Celtic Bibliography 450 1087 written by Wilfrid Bonser and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1957 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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