I'm intrigued by the assumptions that all place names with Dun in are all definitely Gaelic. In some cases is just as probable they were Saxon in origin - the Saxon word for Hill was Dun. For example Edinburgh was part of the Kingdom of Northumbria at one point. Would we claim that Durham and Dunstable are Gaelic? They may be Celtic in origin possibly, but more likely Saxon and if they were Celtic they were P & not Q Celt.


Just a case of the Gaelic extremists (no slight intended to Gaelic Scholars or speakers) seeing a place name & assuming + asserting that it is Gaelic only because it fits with their agenda?

Suprised nobody has brought up Dingwall yet? That drfinitely isn't Gaelic or Saxon & provides evidence of governance by another none indigenous people....