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Bennachie - Oxen Craig

hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire · 529m

Marilyn
GaelicAI-generated

This name refers to a rocky outcrop associated with oxen. 'Bennachie' is a hill name of uncertain origin, 'oxen' is English, and 'craig' is Gaelic for rock.

Word origins

Bennachie
Gaelicuncertain hill name
Oxen
Old Englishplural of ox(from oxa "ox")
Craig
Gaelicrock(from creag "rock")