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Loudoun ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Lughdan)) is a parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland and lies between five to ten miles east of Kilmarnock. The parish roughly encompasses the northern half of the Upper-Irvine Valley and borders Galston Parish (which encompasses the remainder of The Valley) at the River Irvine. Loudoun is a parish, which shares borders with six other parishes. To the south lies the parish of Galston, which of all the surrounding parishes, has the strongest local links to Loudoun, being as the two parishes share strong historical and social links, as well as sharing public services. Otherwise, Loudoun shares borders with the parishes of Avondale (east), Eaglesham (north), East Kilbride (north-east), Fenwick (north-west) and Kilmarnock (west).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overview of Parish of Loudoun )〕 Within Loudoun can be found the towns of Darvel and Newmilns, alongside Loudoun Hill, Loudoun Castle, Loudoun Kirk and Loudoun Academy. Notably, claims that Greenholm, Priestland and the town of Galston itself lie within Loudoun are erroneous, as all three lie south of the River Irvine, in the parish of Galston. This may in some part be because Loudoun Academy and surrounding housing hold Galston postcodes. Loudoun also contained two villages abandoned during the last century, ''Alton'' and ''Loudoun Village''.〔Craufuird C. Loudoun, ''A History of the House of Loudoun and Other Associated Families'', 1995〕 ==Etymology== Various theories have been put forward as to the origins of the name ''Loudoun''. One such theory is that the name was originally used in reference to Loudoun Hill, being a combination of two Scots words ''law'' and ''dun'', which roughly translates as ''Firehill''.〔Craufuird C. Loudoun, ''A History of the House of Loudoun and Other Associated Families'': pp13-4, 1995〕 Another Loudoun Hill theory is that the name was originally ''Lugudunon'', which roughly translates as ''The Fortress of Lugh''.〔James Mair, ''Pictorial History of Darvel'': p6, 1989〕 It has also been speculated that the name simply derives from the Celtic word, ''Loddan'', which means ''marshy ground''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loudoun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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