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Birkshaw Linn

waterfall · Dumfries and Galloway

Old NorseAI-generated

Birkshaw Linn is likely named from Old Norse 'birki' meaning birch, and 'skógr' meaning wood or forest. 'Linn' means waterfall. It describes a waterfall in a birch wood.

Word origins

Birkshaw
Old Norsebirch wood(from birki "birch", skógr "wood, forest")
Linn
Old Norsewaterfall(from linn "waterfall")