Lingmoor Fell [Brown How]
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 470m
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Old NorseAI-generated
Lingmoor refers to a hill covered in heather. 'Fell' means hill or mountain, and 'Brown How' describes a small, rounded hill that is brown in colour.
Word origins
- Lingmoor
- Old Norseheather-covered hill(from lyng "heather", mór "moor, heath")
- fell
- Old Norsehill, mountain(from fjall "mountain")
- Brown How
- Old Norsebrown hill(from brúnn "brown", haugr "mound, hill")