Bargatton Loch
lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway
Old NorseAI-generated
Bargatton Loch is likely named from Old Norse words meaning 'gate farm' or 'farm by the gate'. It refers to a farmstead associated with a gate or entrance, possibly to a larger area.
Word origins
- Bar
- Old Norsegate(from barr "gate")
- gat
- Old Norsegate(from gata "road, street, way")
- ton
- Old Norsefarmstead, settlement(from tún "enclosed farmyard, settlement")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")