Talk:Gorthleck

Scotland Low‑importance

	Scotland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Scotland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Scotland and Scotland-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ScotlandWikipedia:WikiProject ScotlandTemplate:WikiProject ScotlandScotland articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

UK geography Low‑importance

	United Kingdom portal This article falls within the scope of WikiProject UK geography, a user-group dedicated to building a comprehensive and quality guide to places in the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you wish to participate, share ideas or merely get tips you can join us at the project page where there are resources, to do lists and guidelines on how to write about settlements.UK geographyWikipedia:WikiProject UK geographyTemplate:WikiProject UK geographyUK geography articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Gorthleck vs. Lyne of Gorthleck

Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

What is the difference between the two, if one encompasses the other, and both are unincorporated communities? ZFT (talk) 00:19, 7 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

@ZFT: I think Lyne means pond or loch in Gealic, so that would have been owned by laird of some type at some point. As time passed likely built some houses for his workers that became a village, some other laird next door also built some house for his workers became a village. As water is important for cattle, sheep, ducks, horses and so on, the growth of the villages would have been close to an available water source as part of the common land, and eventually they would merge and names got simpler as time passed. scope_creep^Talk 10:21, 18 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Add topic