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Auchtercairn

suburban area · Highland

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Auchtercairn is a Scottish Gaelic name meaning 'field beyond the cairn'. It refers to an area of land situated past a stone monument or heap of stones.

Word origins

Auchtercairn
Gaelicfield beyond the cairn(from achadh "field", an "the", tìr "land", càrn "cairn, heap of stones")