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Black Hag

hill or mountain · Northumberland · 549m

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name likely refers to a dark-coloured marshy area or thicket. 'Black' indicates the colour, and 'Hag' may derive from a word for a marsh or a dense thicket.

Word origins

Black
Old Englishdark-coloured(from blæc "black")
Hag
Unknownmarsh, thicket(from hæg "marsh, thicket")