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Fleckit Knowe

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

Fleckit Knowe likely describes a hill with a speckled or mottled appearance, or possibly a small, flat hill. 'Knowe' is a dialectal term for a small hill or mound.

Word origins

Fleckit
Old EnglishSpeckled, mottled, or small and flat(from flecked "spotted")
knowe
Old EnglishSmall hill, mound(from cnōl "mound, hillock")