Kilfillan Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
GaelicAI-generated
The name likely refers to a hill associated with a saint named Faelán. The 'Kil' prefix in Gaelic often denotes a church or cell dedicated to a saint.
Word origins
- Kil
- Gaelicchurch, cell(from cill "church, cell")
- fillan
- GaelicFaelán (a saint's name)(from Fáelán "little wolf")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")