Flaughton Hill
hill or mountain · Orkney Islands
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Flaughton Hill likely refers to a hill associated with a place named 'Flaughton', possibly meaning 'flat enclosure' or 'flat farmstead'. 'Hill' denotes the elevation.
Word origins
- Flaughton
- Old EnglishAttestedFlat enclosure or farmstead(from flæt "flat", tūn "enclosure, farmstead")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedHill(from hyll "hill")