Post by Geoff on Jul 27, 2010 18:21:58 GMT
Enoch Hill has three rivers near her: what we now call the Nith, the Connel and the Deuch.
Was Enoch Hill at all important in the dark distant past?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carsphairn_and_Scaur_Hills#Water_of_Deugh
Gall Gaidel, between Galloway and Cumbria, envelops the Nith.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David,_Prince_of_the_Cumbrians
ý[Enoch (Celt. aenach, 'a place of popular assembly'), a barony in Durisdeer parish, NW Dumfriesshire, between the Nith and Carron Water, belonging to the family of Menzies from the beginning of the 14th century till 1703, when it was sold to James, second Duke of Queensberry, thus coming in 1810 to the Duke of Buccleuch. Enoch Castle stood on a peninsular spot between a deep ravine and the Carron, and bore, on the lintel of its gateway, the date 1281. See Dr Craufurd Tait Ramage's Drumlanrig Castle and Durisdeer (Dumfries, 1876). (F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)] www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gaztext_page.jsp;jsessionid=D8DDFB76CA3474ED9D5A963146D0F49E?u_id=10051083&c_id
Was Enoch Hill at all important in the dark distant past?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carsphairn_and_Scaur_Hills#Water_of_Deugh
St Conval is the patron saint of Cumnock and Nithsdale, so was Connel Burn named after him.
Conval was said to be a student of St Mungo, who in turn was the son of St Enoch, therefore I can see a connection leading to Comenoch. With the Connel springing up from near Enoch Hill, as does the Nith, it seems reasonable that this may be the confluence of the rivers of Enoch.
Conval was said to be a student of St Mungo, who in turn was the son of St Enoch, therefore I can see a connection leading to Comenoch. With the Connel springing up from near Enoch Hill, as does the Nith, it seems reasonable that this may be the confluence of the rivers of Enoch.
Gall Gaidel, between Galloway and Cumbria, envelops the Nith.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David,_Prince_of_the_Cumbrians
ý[Enoch (Celt. aenach, 'a place of popular assembly'), a barony in Durisdeer parish, NW Dumfriesshire, between the Nith and Carron Water, belonging to the family of Menzies from the beginning of the 14th century till 1703, when it was sold to James, second Duke of Queensberry, thus coming in 1810 to the Duke of Buccleuch. Enoch Castle stood on a peninsular spot between a deep ravine and the Carron, and bore, on the lintel of its gateway, the date 1281. See Dr Craufurd Tait Ramage's Drumlanrig Castle and Durisdeer (Dumfries, 1876). (F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)] www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gaztext_page.jsp;jsessionid=D8DDFB76CA3474ED9D5A963146D0F49E?u_id=10051083&c_id