Castlehill
settlement · Highland
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Castlehill is a descriptive Old English place name. It refers to a hill that has or had a castle on it, combining 'castel' (castle) and 'hyll' (hill).
Word origins
- Castle
- Old EnglishAttestedcastle(from castel "castle")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")