Arkleton Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 521m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely combines the Old English personal name 'Earn' or 'Earna' (eagle) with 'land', referring to land associated with an eagle or a person named Earn. The 'Hill' element is also Old English.
Word origins
- Arkleton
- Old EnglishAttestedEagle's settlement(from earn "eagle", tūn "settlement, farmstead")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")