Castlehaugh Cheek
lake or loch · Scottish Borders
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name refers to a haugh or river meadow associated with a castle. 'Castle' is of Old English origin, derived from the Latin 'castellum'. 'Haugh' is a term for a waterside meadow or alluvial land.
Word origins
- Castle
- Old Englishcastle(from castel "castle")
- Haugh
- Old Englishwaterside meadow(from hōh "heel, spur of land, haugh")
- Cheek
- UnknownPossibly a dialectal term for a bank or edge.