Ettleton is a village near Castleton, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.
Etymology and history
editEttleton Parish was once also known as, or contained, Dinwiddie. The first element of this name appears to be the Cumbric word din, meaning 'fort'.[1] Ettleton Cemetery, on the slopes of Ettleton Sike, is the burial place of many members of Clan Armstrong. Other places nearby include Newcastleton.
See also
editReferences
edit- Brooke, C J (2000), Safe sanctuaries: security and defence in Anglo-Scottish border churches 1290-1690, Edinburgh, pages 125, 201, 236–237, 362, held at RCAHMS
- Roy, W (1747–55) Military Survey of Scotland
- Elliot, G.A., Fugitives' graves in Ettleton and Castleton Churchyards, and the Armstrong Cross, in 'Berwickshire Naturalists' Club History for 1965', XXXVII, pt.1. (1966) pp54–7
- ^ 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
edit- CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Ettleton Cemetery
- CANMORE/RCAHMS record of Ettleton Sike; Kirk Hill; Side
- RCAHMS record of Ettleton
- The Armstrong Clan Society
- Scottish Borders Council: Around Newcastleton[permanent dead link]
- Geograph image: Ettleton Cemetery near to Newcastleton
55°10′06″N 2°49′47″W / 55.16828°N 2.82976°W
