Ashes Pool
lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a pool near ash trees. 'Ashes' is the plural of 'æsc', the Old English word for ash tree.
Word origins
- Ashes
- Old Englishash trees(from æsc "ash tree")
- Pool
- Old EnglishAttestedpool, small lake(from pōl "pool, small lake")