Well argued and, as ever, very interesting, Fiona. As I may have mentioned before re Rune Pictorum, in the accompanying database to my 2011 thesis I said, "[r]ather than a loan word in untypically incorrect Latin grammar, this appears to be undeclined ScG n.m/f. raon 'field' in Older Scots orthography. The grid reference is supplied by Sueno's Stone, (re-)erected at the apex of a spur of the parish of Rafford MOR near Burgie. Translation of the Gaelic ethnonym is assumed. The REM interpretations comes from a MS translation of four names from Gaelic to Older Scots which was added to the original charter; but interpretation as 'cairn' has no obvious basis. The plural interpretation of rune in REM may be seeking to make the reference agree with Latin grammar." As to whether the name is directly related to the stone, I must admit I like your identification of the name as part of Runys, and so likely not in its immediate vicinity after all.
A couple of wee points that irked, though (sorry!). 1) I don't think you can describe Runys as a Norman French name, despite the article "le". This is OSc le, lie, often found as a loan word from Latin in records: see https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/le_def_art. 2) How certain are you that Èirinn ~ Earn, as applied here as opposed to its probable original in Ireland, is pre-Gaelic, let alone pre-Celtic...?
PS Many thanks from an earlier post for locating Inchdemmie more accurately than I could from Pont. In fact I see the name survives - or has been resurrected - in the newish Inchdemmie Villa as shown on OS 1:10k. A pair of ancestors were recorded as being in Inchdemmy in 1753, which probably incorporates their croft of 1748 Colls crooks, 1750 Collyscrooks, 1753 Collys Crook (v. DOST cruke '4. A curved or crooked piece of ground; a corner or nook. Chiefly in the names of special portions of land.')
Great to have something to look forward to in February - it's usually such a gloomy month!
Well argued and, as ever, very interesting, Fiona. As I may have mentioned before re Rune Pictorum, in the accompanying database to my 2011 thesis I said, "[r]ather than a loan word in untypically incorrect Latin grammar, this appears to be undeclined ScG n.m/f. raon 'field' in Older Scots orthography. The grid reference is supplied by Sueno's Stone, (re-)erected at the apex of a spur of the parish of Rafford MOR near Burgie. Translation of the Gaelic ethnonym is assumed. The REM interpretations comes from a MS translation of four names from Gaelic to Older Scots which was added to the original charter; but interpretation as 'cairn' has no obvious basis. The plural interpretation of rune in REM may be seeking to make the reference agree with Latin grammar." As to whether the name is directly related to the stone, I must admit I like your identification of the name as part of Runys, and so likely not in its immediate vicinity after all.
A couple of wee points that irked, though (sorry!). 1) I don't think you can describe Runys as a Norman French name, despite the article "le". This is OSc le, lie, often found as a loan word from Latin in records: see https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/le_def_art. 2) How certain are you that Èirinn ~ Earn, as applied here as opposed to its probable original in Ireland, is pre-Gaelic, let alone pre-Celtic...?
PS Many thanks from an earlier post for locating Inchdemmie more accurately than I could from Pont. In fact I see the name survives - or has been resurrected - in the newish Inchdemmie Villa as shown on OS 1:10k. A pair of ancestors were recorded as being in Inchdemmy in 1753, which probably incorporates their croft of 1748 Colls crooks, 1750 Collyscrooks, 1753 Collys Crook (v. DOST cruke '4. A curved or crooked piece of ground; a corner or nook. Chiefly in the names of special portions of land.')