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

98 Place Names in Strathbogie.
sents the Gaelic CoinneacJiadli (dli mute), ' meet-
ing,' or a ' place of meeting,' perhaps referring to
the junction of the Priest's Water and the Lag
Burn at this place. The name of the former of
these burns, no doubt, indicates a connection
with the priests of the old chapel at Tallathrowie ;
and the latter is derived from lag, a ' hollow.'
Another name which may signify a meeting-
place is Burncruinach. It is not mentioned
in the old writings, and in its present form may
be reckoned modern, probably formed from
part of an older name deri\-ed from cruinneacJi-
adh, ' an assembly of people.' Alltcruiniche is
the name of a burn on the west side of Ben
Cruachan, and Dalchronichy in Glentilt, Col.
Robertson says, was a gathering-place of the
Highlanders in old times. Burncruinach may
have a possible connection with the battle which
tradition says was fought on the hill above
Kittlemannoch, and where the graves of the
dead are said to be still \-isible. The place is
called Tarry Buchail, but I think this name pro-
perly belongs to a peak on the hill about a mile
distant. Torr-d -buacJiaille means the 'hill of
the herd,' a fanciful name often applied to a spur
of a hill or projecting rock. The same idea has
likely suggested the modern name, ' Watchman
Hill'
Dunscroft is what its name indicates — a croft
occupied by a person of the name of Dun, which