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Knockbrake Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

The name combines the Gaelic 'cnoc' (hill) with 'brake', which could refer to a ferny place or a thicket.

Word origins

Knock
Gaelichill(from cnoc "hill, mound")
brake
Gaelicferny place, thicket(from fraoch "heather, fern")
Hill
Unknownhill(from hyll "hill")