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Stitchen Cleuch

valley · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

Stitchen Cleuch is a ravine or steep slope possibly named after a 'stitchen' (a place for stitching or mending) or a person. It combines this with 'cleuch' (ravine).

Word origins

Stitchen
Old Englishplace for stitching or mending, or personal name(from stitchen "place for stitching or mending")
Cleuch
Old Englishravine, steep slope(from clōh "ravine, gorge")