Carcant Contents Etymology See also References External links Navigation menuRenewables Map: Carcant, Heriot, Scottish BordersScottish Natural Heritage: Windfarms in Scotland (March 2010RCAHMS record of CarcantRCAHMS record of Carcant WindfarmBritish Listed Buildings: Carcant Bridge over Carcant BurnEric Liddell Image Gallery55°45′43″N 3°00′47″W / 55.762°N 3.013°W / 55.762; -3.013expanding ite

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Carcant, a collection of houses in a secluded glen off Heriot Water




Carcant, old woods


Carcant is a small settlement and a wind farm, near Heriot in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.


A famous inhabitant of Carcant was Eric Liddell.




Contents





  • 1 Etymology


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Etymology


Carcant is etymologically a Cumbric place-name. The first element is cognate with Welsh caer 'fortification'. The second might be can 'white', in which case the name means 'white fort'; but more likely it is cant 'edge of a circle', in this context probably meaning 'district, region, edge, border', thus giving 'fort of the region/border'.[1]



See also


  • Clan Borthwick

  • List of places in the Scottish Borders


References




  1. ^ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).




External links




  • Renewables Map: Carcant, Heriot, Scottish Borders


  • Scottish Natural Heritage: Windfarms in Scotland (March 2010[permanent dead link]

  • RCAHMS record of Carcant

  • RCAHMS record of Carcant Windfarm

  • British Listed Buildings: Carcant Bridge over Carcant Burn

  • Eric Liddell Image Gallery

Coordinates: 55°45′43″N 3°00′47″W / 55.762°N 3.013°W / 55.762; -3.013







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