| 词条 | Longformacus |
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Longformacus ({{lang-gd|Longphort Mhacais}}) is a small village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is around {{convert|10|km}} north-west of Duns, in the Lammermuir Hills. The Dye Water runs through the village, flowing east towards its confluence with the Whiteadder Water nearby. In the vicinity are traces of an ancient fortification at Runklie or Wrinklaw[1][2] and the Mutiny Stones cairn.[1][2] The opera Lucia di Lammermoor, written by Gaetano Donizetti and based on Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor, was set in Longformacus.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}} The Southern Upland Way, a Long Distance Route which crosses southern Scotland, passes through the village, and the Sir Walter Scott Way from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Longformacus. EtymologyLongformacus derives its name from the Gaelic Longphort Mhacais, meaning 'Macas's camp'. [3]. Derivation from Lann Fothir Maccus, meaning 'church on the land of Maccus' has also been suggested. [4] People from Longformacus
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townhistory238.html|title=Longformacus|last=Groome|first=Francis H.|work=Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=27 March 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite book|title=First Report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in the County of Berwick|url=http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/wp/00/WP003901.pdf|year=1909|publisher=HMSO|page=43}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Scottish Parliament - Placenames K-O |url=http://www.parliament.scot/Gaelic/placenamesK-O.pdf}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Place-names of Scotland |url=https://archive.org/stream/placenamesofscot00johnuoft/placenamesofscot00johnuoft_djvu.txt}} 5. ^https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf External links{{Commons category|Longformacus}}
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