Cockleroi Explained

Cockleroi or Cockleroy is a prominent hill in Scotland.^{[3] [4]} It is Linlithgow's local hill.On its top there are some remains of an Iron Age's hill fort.^[5]

Etymology

There are multiple explanations for the name Cockleroi. The most phonetically plausible is derivation from Gaelic *cochull-ruadh meaning "red cap, hood or mantle".^[6] Less convincing Gaelic derivations are *cachaileth ruadh, "red gate", *cuchailte ruadh, "red residence, seat". The name may be Brittonic and derived from *cloc-erjo- (from *clog, "rock, crag, steep cliff", Welsh clegyr), suffixed with rūδ, "red" (Welsh rhudd), but this requires double metathesis and unexplained reversion of -e- to –o-.

Notes and References

1. Book: Coppens, Philip . Land of the Gods: How a Scottish Landscape was Sanctified to Become Arthur's Camelot . BookBaby . 2007. 9781623092344 . 2018-11-06.
2. Web site: Cockleroy . 2018-11-06.
3. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 65 Falkirk & Linlithgow (Dunfermline). 9780319229705 . Ordnance Survey. 2012.
4. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer . csv (download) . 1 January 2016 . Ordnance Survey . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 18 February 2016.
5. Book: Mountain, Harry . The Celtic Encyclopedia . 5 . Universal-Publishers . 1998 . 1202 . 9781581128949 . November 10, 2018.
6. Web site: James . Alan . A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence . SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North . 25 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf . 13 August 2017 . dead .