Barscobe Loch
lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway
GaelicSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Barscobe Loch is likely named after a nearby hill or height ('barr') and a rocky place ('scob'). 'Loch' is the Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet.
Word origins
- Barr
- Gaelictop, peak, height(from barr "top, peak")
- Scobe
- Gaelicrocky place(from scob "rocky place")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")