Castle Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a hill that has or had a castle on it. The word 'castle' is derived from Latin and entered Old English from Norman French.
Word origins
- Castle
- Old EnglishAttestedcastle(from castel "castle")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")