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Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed!
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Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:36:48 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson writes:
> Caerlaverock. Some castle on a rock? Nay, I think not. I tried breaking it • down
> several ways, and discovered that a laverok is a lark in middle english,
> chiefly Scotch. But possibly, lavoir, Middle French for wash cistern, rooted • in
> Latin lavare. I don't think Celtic carrus (wheeled vehicle) is relevant. Of
> course an ock is a tough, hard, durable tree. I suppose a lark could be a bird
> named in association with a castle that was tough like a tree that got washed
> everyday. Or the castle could be named for the bird that washes oaks. Such a
> pretty name. I could be full of lark kaka by now.
While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock
Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I
don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in Scotland
due to it's unique three sided design.
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| (...) I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though. (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer' castles in them. The (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) You're in good company, in with that Yellow Castle. It's like fleeing an Imperial Star Destroyer, it is. Now some word-book-fun. Some neighbors moved away last week and left behind a heap of books in the junkroom. A curious mixture: History of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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