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Ball Hill

hill or mountain · Devon

GaelicAI-generated

This hill name likely derives from the Gaelic word 'baile', meaning 'townland' or 'settlement'. It is often used in Scottish place names to denote a settlement on or near a hill.

Word origins

Ball
Gaelictownland, settlement(from baile "townland, settlement")
Hill
Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")