Talk:Campsie Fells

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Which hill is Campsie Hill? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.203.136 (talk) 09:17, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning behind the name

I do not believe "crooked fairy hills" is the correct translation of "Campsie Fells". There is no evidence to believe the hills have anything to do with fairies but I guess the hills may have been named long ago. I have recently found that the name may have something to do with a strath so the name may go something like "hills with the strath below" or something like that. Of course I have no evidence of this but if any Gaelic speakers or Scots speakers are able to see where I'm coming from please speak up as this current name is annoying me and there is a high chance this is creating a totally warped perception of the Campsies.

Thank you very much JohnSmith678 (talk) 11:12, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that 'fairy' seems a bit implausible. Ancestry.com gives it as 'place on the bend', using 'camas' for bend (same origin as 'crooked', presumably) with a simple name-forming 'a' suffix, which seems more likely than 'sidh' for fairy. In Rambles Round Glasgow (1856) Hugh MacDonald records two different etymologies, 'crooked strath' and 'church in the bosom of a hill'. I think the reference to fairies should be removed. Hephae3tion (talk) 15:02, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]