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Pit- placenames
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Pitcox
NT 643 753
East Lothian
Derivation:
"'share of the fifth part' (
coig, coigeamh
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Notes:
see also
Pentecox
, Midlothian and
Pitcoag
, Perthshire
References:
Watson, WJ 1926
- The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland
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© Andy Sweet 2004