Quarry Hill
hill or mountain · East Ayrshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Quarry Hill indicates a hill where a quarry was situated. 'Quarry' comes from the Old French 'quarriere' meaning 'stone pit'. 'Hill' is a direct English translation of the topographic feature.
Word origins
- Quarry
- Old Englishquarry(from quarriere "stone pit, quarry")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill