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named Ochterarder^ that is, wach ar ardan, a
town on the fummit of an eminence or
tifing ground in Perthfhire.
' LONDON,
' From Lond^ a. grove, /. e. a town in a
grove/ Why not the name that was ori-
ginally given it ? as lon and Dun j the firfl
fignifies a ftore of proviiion, and the latter
the hill on which the faid ftore was laid out
of the boat, either at Tower-hill, or Fleet*
ftreet hill ; for Ludgate is precifely lod or
FLOD a fleet, Siud geott an inlet of the river ;
and it is well known that the fleet pafl^ed up
to the head of Fleet-market once, though
now the geoll is covered over with an arch,
over which the market ftands.
Edward Llhyd and others are too honeft
to arrogate to themfelves names not to be
met with in the Welch or Englifh language,
and acknowledge thefe names to belong to
the original inhabitants, who certainly fpoke
Gaelic, as the above names are well known
by the inhabitants of North Britain to this
day, and many more fuch to be met with
over all England and Wales, and totally un-
known to the prefent inhabitants.
* ABBIR,