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

Huntly. 243
small part, extending to two oxgates. The name
has become very appropriate as the place is now
the source of the water supply for the town of
Huntly. Craigentrinny ( creagmi-trian) seems
to be ' the little craig of the third.' The ' third '
is matter of conjecture, but the old Rentals in-
dicate that it may have been a third of the dauch
of Collonach. There were, however, three small
holdings at this place, and Craigentrinny may
have been a third of the plough-gate. The
burn beside this place is called the Deochrie, a
name which in various forms is common all over
the country. It is derived from Dubh-tJiir, 'black
or mossy land.' {^Cf. Duffry in Wexford. Joyce,
II. 268).
Near to Dunbennan is Arnhall, which ap-
pears in the Rentals as Bogtown. The modern
name has been suggested by the arns or alders
growing at the place.
Ittingston is one of those puzzling names
which it is impossible to trace with certainty to
any reliable source, as it appears in a variety
of forms, not one of which is much more intelli-
gible than the others. In the Rental of 1677, it
is given Uttingstoun ; in the Retour of 1662,
Ittingstoun ; in the Poll-Book of 1696, Witingston
and Wittingstoun ; in the Rental of 1600, Wit-
tingstoune ; and in the charter of 1534, Utins-
toun. In Lanark is Uddingston, and in Mid-
lothian, Wittingham, the latter being derived