Cockleroi | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 59 [2] |
Coordinates | 55°57′06″N 3°37′12″W / 55.95163°N 3.61988°W |
Geography | |
Cockleroi or Cockleroy [2] 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]
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", [6] *cuchailte ruadh, "red residence, seat". [6] The name may be Brittonic and derived from *cloc-erjo- (from *clog, "rock, crag, steep cliff", Welsh clegyr), [6] suffixed with rūδ, "red" (Welsh rhudd), [6] but this requires double metathesis and unexplained reversion of -e- to –o-. [6]
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Cockleroi | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 59 [2] |
Coordinates | 55°57′06″N 3°37′12″W / 55.95163°N 3.61988°W |
Geography | |
Cockleroi or Cockleroy [2] 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]
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", [6] *cuchailte ruadh, "red residence, seat". [6] The name may be Brittonic and derived from *cloc-erjo- (from *clog, "rock, crag, steep cliff", Welsh clegyr), [6] suffixed with rūδ, "red" (Welsh rhudd), [6] but this requires double metathesis and unexplained reversion of -e- to –o-. [6]
Media related to Cockleroy Hill at Wikimedia Commons