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Orchard Knowe

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

Orchard Knowe is a name combining the Old English 'orcerd' (orchard) with the Scots word 'knowe' (a small hill or knoll). It describes a knoll associated with an orchard.

Word origins

Orchard
Old Englishorchard(from orcerd "orchard")
Knowe
Scotsknoll, small hill