Blair Collection > Place names in Strathbogie, with notes historical, antiquarian and descriptive

Place Names in Strathboirie.
ably this usage has come down to us from the
time when the meaning and application of the
name were clearly understood.
The two outlying hills of the Foudlann range
are Tillymorgan and the Hill of Skares. Mor-
gan is evidently a personal name, and a very old
one we know it is, from the mention of the Clan
Morgan in the Book of Deer. Tillymorgan
might mean Morgan's hillock, but the hill is
1 243 feet high, and so far as I have observed this
is an unusual height for a tulach in these north-
eastern counties. It is therefore probable the
name may have been Teaghlach Morgan, 'the
dwelling of Morgan,' originally applying to the
'camp' or 'dun' on the south-eastern shoulder of
the hill. A charter of 15 10 confirms this con-
jecture as it gives Knockmorgan, (Morgan's hill,)
as the name of the hill, which is no doubt the
proper form. From the dun, or fort, the name
Tillymorgan probably passed to the hill, now
commonly called in the district the Hill of
Culsalmond. The hill immediately adjoining is
the Hill of Skares, that is St. Sair's, or properly
St. Serfs (St. Servanus). This name, as applied
to the hill, is comparatively modern, and the old
name, Culmeadden,is almost forgotten. Culmead-
den is a slightly changed form of cid-uieadhoin,
'the hill-back of the middle,' or the 'middle-hill,'
that is the hill between Tillymorgan and the
hill of Foudlann.