Bench Cleuch
valley · Scottish Borders
Old EnglishAI-generated
Bench Cleuch likely combines an Old English term for a slope or bank with a Norse word for a ravine.
Word origins
- Bench
- Old Englishslope, bank(from benc "bench, bank, slope")
- Cleuch
- Old Norseravine, gorge(from klǫf "ravine, gorge")