There are multiple explanations for the name
Cockleroi. The most phonetically plausible is derivation from
Gaelic *cochull-ruadh meaning "red cap, hood or mantle". Less convincing Gaelic derivations are
*cachaileth ruadh, "red gate",
*cuchailte ruadh, "red residence, seat". The name may be
Brittonic and derived from
*cloc-erjo- (from
*clog, "rock, crag, steep cliff",
Welsh clegyr), suffixed with
rūδ, "red" (Welsh
rhudd), but this requires double metathesis and unexplained reversion of
-e- to
–o-. File:Rigs on Cockleroi - geograph.org.uk - 1147861.jpg|Rigs on Cockleroi File:Cockleroy summit - geograph.org.uk - 290416.jpg|Summit of Cockleroy ==References==