Carcant

Carcant is a small settlement and a wind farm, near Heriot in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

Carcant, a collection of houses in a secluded glen off Heriot Water

Carcant, old woods

A famous inhabitant of Carcant was Eric Liddell.

Etymology

Carcant is etymologically a Cumbric place-name. The first element is cognate with Welsh caer 'fortification'. The second might be can 'white', in which case the name means 'white fort'; but more likely it is cant 'edge of a circle', in this context probably meaning 'district, region, edge, border', thus giving 'fort of the region/border'.^[1]

See also

• Clan Borthwick
• List of places in the Scottish Borders