Ballencrieff Hill [Cairnpapple Hill]
hill or mountain · West Lothian · 312m
Marilyn
GaelicAI-generated
Cairnpapple Hill is likely named from a Gaelic term for a 'heap of stones' or 'cairn', possibly with a personal name or descriptive element. The name Ballencrieff itself is of Gaelic origin, meaning 'town/settlement of the boar'.
Word origins
- Cairn
- Gaelicheap of stones(from carn "cairn")
- papple
- Gaelicpossibly a personal name or descriptive term
- Baile
- Gaelictown, settlement(from baile "town, settlement")
- na
- Gaelicof the
- creach
- Gaelicboar(from creach "boar")