Mote Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name refers to a hill that served as a meeting place or fortification. 'Mote' derives from the Old English 'mot' or 'gemot', meaning a meeting or assembly, and often implies a fortified place.
Word origins
- Mote
- Old Englishmeeting place, assembly, fortified place(from mot / gemot "meeting, assembly")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")