Auchencloy Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 209m
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Auchencloy Hill is a Gaelic name meaning 'field of the hillock' or 'field of the small hill'. 'Hill' is a later addition.
Word origins
- Auchencloy
- GaelicAttestedfield of the hillock(from achadh "field", cloidh "hillock, small hill")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")