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Pit- placenames

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Pitgober NS 9790 9815 Stirlingshire Pitgober - NS 9790 9815 Thorn of Pitgober Wester Pitgober Derivation: goat share "from gobhar, goat." (Watson, WJ 1926) Earlier forms: Pitgober 1569 - Hill of Pitgober Pitgoberis 1593 - Pitgoberis Eister et Wester (Register of the Great Seal of Scotland) Pitgogar 1695 - Middle Pitgogar Pitgogar 1794 - Law of Pitgogar Pitgobar 1798 - the Drum of Westertoun of Pitgobar Pitgober 1800 - Hilltown of Pitgober Pitgober 1808-17 - Hill of Pitgober Pitgogar 1823 - Pitgogar Pitgober 1855 - Greenhead of Pitgober References: Warden, A 1884 - Angus or Forfarshire, The Land and People Watson, A 1995 - The Ochils: Placenames, History, Tradition Watson, WJ 1926 - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland

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