Spittal or Spital, in place-names, may indicate lands of which the revenues supported a hospital, or the reference may be to the site of a hospital. The reference could be to a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially for patients with contagious diseases[1] and lepers, and could also indicate a shelter for the destitute, or for travellers [2] needing refuge from the elements or other dangers.[3][4] A Spittal is also said to be a kind of shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks.[5] Wolves became totally extinct in Scotland by 1743.[6] Spittal is a common place-name element and may also refer to any of several locations:
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