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Capel Fell

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway/Scottish Borders · 678m

MarilynGrahamDonald
Old NorseAI-generated

This name refers to a hill or mountain associated with a chapel. 'Capel' is a Norse borrowing of the Latin 'capella' for chapel, and 'fell' is a Norse term for a hill or mountain.

Word origins

capel
Old Norsechapel(from kapella "chapel (from Latin)")
fell
Old Norsehill, mountain(from fjall "mountain, fell")