Fife Place-name Data

Lochmonks

Lochmonks # CLS S NO292117 1 45m

    Lochmu 1820 Rae-Arnot 1911, 101
    Lochmu 1831 RHP3554
    Lochmonks 1855 OS 6 inch 1st edn
    Lochmonks 1881 Rae-Arnot 1911, 130
    Lochmonks 1897 OS 1 inch 2nd edn

? G loch + G muc

The second element of this name, which probably contains G muc ‘pig’, may well be connected with Muchelli of Lind. Cart. no. 136 (1302). See CLS Intro., Medieval Landscapes, for more details.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 4