LL-L "Place names" 2000.10.22. (03) [E]

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From: Andy Eagle <Andy.Eagle at t-online.de>
Subject: Place names [E]

Ted.Harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk Asked:
Subject: "Camp" in Scots

 >On a promontory called Burdon Ness in Scotland, where the Firth of Tay
 >meets open sea, is an area of land called Barry Camp.
 >
 >(This came to my notice as the location of the earliest known case of
 >the horse disease called "Grass Sickness" in Britain, recorded in the
 >early years of the 20th century).
 >
 >Looking it up on the map, I became puzzled by the word "Camp" in the
 >name. There is no obvious association with the sense of military camp,
 >camping-ground, tents, etc.
 >
 >Nearby is another area of land called Buddon Camp, at the Western end of
 >Buddon Ness.
 >
 > From the map, the whole promontory looks like a large rather flat area
 >of rough pasture and sand dunes, and neither Barry Camp nor Buddon Camp
 >seem to have any special features.
 >
 >So I began to wonder if there was a Scots sense of "Camp", with a
 >meaning somehow cognate to field/moor/pasture ...
 >
 >The Concise Scots Dictionary gives no such meaning of "Camp". I
 >speculated that there might be a relationship with French "Champ", and
 >indeed the CSD gives a meaning for the noun "champ": "A stretch of muddy
 >trodden ground", but this may be derived from the verb "champ":
 >"trample, crush, pound, mash." [CSD], which does not seem to be what's
 >wanted.
 >
 >So can anyone throw light on this?
 >
 >Or is there simply some historical link with "camp" in the ordinary or
 >military sense (e.g. going back to Napoleon's time)?
 >With thanks, and best wishes to all,
 >Ted.

I take this to be Buddon Ness, the area south of  Carnoustie. Directly to
the south of the town there is a championship golf course. The sand dunes,
military camps, and artillery ranges of Barry Links extend to the southwest.
 From this I would assume the word Camp here is simply a military term.

Andy Eagle

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