Redcroft Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Redcroft Hill likely refers to a hill with a reddish croft or small farmstead. 'Red' denotes the colour, 'croft' a small enclosed area of land, and 'hill' the landform.
Word origins
- Red
- Old EnglishAttestedred(from rēad "red")
- Croft
- Old EnglishAttestedsmall enclosed field or farmstead(from croft "small farm, enclosed field")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")