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la 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 D E F K L M N o Q R S T U V W X Y Z Aa Bb Cc Ee Ff Gg Comhdhail: 'popular' courts The Gaelic word comhdhail (Old Irish Comdal), meaning 'assembly' or 'tryst', was evidently applied to popular courts of a local nature. In this sense it is recorded in the fourteenth century in the form canthal or cOLlthal. referring to Angus and Mearns. It seems possible that this word is embodied in a number of place-names, Cuthill Cuthil Cothall Cothall Glenquithle Cuttyhill Cuttlehi ll, Upper and Nether Candle Stone Cuttlecraigs Cothill, Cothal Cothill Cothill Cothill Coldstone Cuttieshillock Quittlehead Cuttieshillock, Cuttieswood, Ord of Cuttieshillock Quithelhead Quithel Cothelhill Cothill Cuthile Harbour Cuthlie Culthill Innercochi ll, Glen Cochill. Cochill Burn Cuthil, Cuthi lmuir Coldrain Cuttlehill Cuthelton Cuthill Cuthill Couthalley, Couthally, Cowthally Clach na Comhalaieh CII/hilfield CLlthilbyrnie Hill CLlttlebrae CLlthill, Cothill Candlehill CothiemLlir Hill, The Cothiemuir Cottilstane, Cot Hillock Colsten BLlm, Glen Colsten Quitelhead Cowthill Cotthill, common moor ofCot Hill Login CLlthel ColedLlnes CLlthill Furd Candle Hill Cow/hill, Cowill, CLlthley, Cu/hill Co/hill Cuttlebum Co/hit ofKei/hick CII/hill wood ofCraigmokerran Cu/hillsydes CII/les, Eas/er & Wester Cuthel, CLlthilmyre CII/hill CLltilhill, Cuidthilhill, Cuttlehill CLlithilhall, Cuttlehall Lie CLlthil CII/hill, Cuthil Brae CII/hil Brae CO/hill some surviving, some obsolete, occurring chiefly in north and eastern Scotland; and in some at least of these instances the name indicates a place where such local popular courts customarily met. A high proportion of these place-names, usually having the form Cothil, Cuthel, Cuttle, etc, are located in the vicinity of prehistoric cairns, tumuli and stone circles, i.e. the kind ofsite at whjch medjeval courts are known from other evidence to have met. ~~"7.5 !~ -~ ~F 10 ) .) ) 1415 11 13~... larH~ 17 ~ JO .1~ 'N~ Lre M OS ~ '-v..18 \p 0 T U ~19 20. 24 OR 22 • Z 0 ~3~V21 ~O Y ~ 26. 25 '-.... • l Aa OSb ~ EeO Cc ~28 Ft . 29 • Comhdhail names appearing in the OS CII/hill 1 :50,000 maps kms Cothill 0 25 5,0 7.5 100 o Comhdhail names appearing in I , , documentary sources (including pre -OS maps) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles GWSB Comhdhail: popular courts in early medieval Scotland 191

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