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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.