Coalpitden
Coalpitden KTT S NO318070 1 373 105m NEF
? Pitkin 1753 Roy sheet 18, 1 [if this is a garbled form of Coalpitden, then this name may appear twice on Roy; see next entry]
? Colespeden 1753 Roy sheet 18, 1 [probably representing Coalpitden, but shown south of Kettle Hill; on the fold of the map, it is hard to read]
Colpy-Den 1767 RHP23507 [‘Colpy-Den and a rivulet, the March <of Rameldry> with Kettle Common’, referring not to the settlement but to Coalpit Den itself]
Coalpitden 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn
Sc coalpit + Sc den
It takes its name from OS Pathf. Coalpit Den, which is the north-west part of Rameldry Den. The now ruined but still impressive settlement of Coalpitden is shown but not named on SGF. OS Pathf. marks a disused shaft nearby, and there are traces of spoil-heaps round about. For more on coal-mining in this area, see KTT Introduction, Coal, and Coaltown of Burnturk KTT, next head-name.
Both the 1753 and 1767 forms lack the final t of pit. This is most likely due to the fact that in the doubling of dental stops (t-d), the first one is absorbed into the second one.
This place-name appeared in printed volume 2