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Caerlaverock (; gd, Cille Bhlàthain) is a
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Caerlaverock (; gd, Cille Bhlàthain) is a civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
in Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Ki ...
, Scotland.
The parish was historically in Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county.
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. The area includes:
* Caerlaverock Castle
Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve. Caerlaverock was a stronghold of t ...
, a 13th-century castle, located south of Dumfries, Scotland
* Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve
Caerlaverock is a national nature reserve (NNR) covering parts of the mudflats and shoreline of the Solway Firth about 10 km south of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies between the River Nith and the Lochar Water, and c ...
, a National Nature Reserve in the Solway Firth, south-west Scotland
* WWT Caerlaverock
WWT Caerlaverock is wetland nature reserve in southwest Scotland, one of nine reserves in Britain operated by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust founded by Sir Peter Scott.
It covers a site at Eastpark Farm, on the north shore of the Solway ...
, a Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is an international wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. Its patron is Charles III, and its president is Kate Humble.
History
The WWT was founded in 1946 by the ornithologi ...
nature reserve, located south of Dumfries, Scotland
Etymology
The name ''Caerlaverock'' is of Brittonic origin. The first part of the name is the element ''cajr'' meaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (Welsh
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* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
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* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
''caer'', "fort, city"). The second part of the name may be the personal name ''Lïμarch'' (Welsh ''Llywarch''), or a lost stream-name formed from the adjective ''laβar'', "talkative" (Welsh ''llafar'', see Afon Llafar), suffixed with ''–ǭg'', "having the quality of", or the adjectival suffix ''-īg''. The present form has been influenced by the Scots
Scots usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
* Scots language, a language of the West Germanic language family native to Scotland
* Scots people, a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland
* Scoti, a Latin na ...
word ''laverock'', "skylark".
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