Scottish Place Names (Cancer Research 9.3.18)

[Ladymojo]

1. Did this Roman Emperor build a stronghold here.

2. Has this mollusc set up a Scottish chartered town.

3. Not being able to speak less 300 with french ones.

4. Throw the make of car.

5. Horse noise gently bend into shape.

6. This fruit's hard shell is often used for a bowl, not off.

7. Strike the second clock noise.

8. Considerable size adjective misspelt.

Any help much appreciated, Thank you.

[Sam1960]

1. fort augustus

[ubasses]

2 Musselburgh ?

[cashier]

2 Musselburgh

[Sam1960]

7. beattock

[Sam1960]

3. dumfries

[cashier]

8 Largs?

[Sam1960]

4. hurlford

[cashier]

Can anyone explain why question 3 has less 300? I can't see a need for it.

[Ladymojo]

Thank you to all for your help :-) Any ideas for nos 5 & 6? x

[Rosieandjim]

8 Biggar

[Captain2]

Ladymojo, does No3 actually say '.... less 300....'?

[cashier]

5 Whinneyfold or Whinnyfold

[Calibax]

The medieval Roman numeral for 300 is B so it's
Dumb -b =Dum+fries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals

[Captain2]

Thanks Calibax, I went hunting for that but couldn't find any reference - I'd seen that we needed to lose a 'B'.

[cashier]

Thanks for that Calibax, have never heard of that before.

[Calibax]

I only knew because they get used quite a lot in Listener/Inquisitor type crosswords.

[Calibax]

6 Gourd-on

[Ladymojo]

Thank you very much for all your help folks x