Blotting Raise
Other OS name in the Parish of Croglin
Historical Forms
- Blaterueraise (sic) 1603 Gilsland
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is Blaterueraise (sic)1603 Gilsland . There is a small tarn here , and the name doubtless means ' cairn by the dark tarn , ' v. blá(r) , tiǫrn , hreysi and cf. Blea Tarn supra 32 . The modern name shows that the u in the form of 1603 is due to the common 17th - century confusion of u and n .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Croglin Hall
- Newbiggin Fell
- Black Cleugh
- Great Bleaberry Gill
- The Combs
- Farlam Currick
- Gillingbrigg
- Hazelgill
- Ironfork Cleugh