Tolmount
hill or mountain · Aberdeenshire/Angus · 958m
Munro
GaelicSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Tolmount is likely a 'mound hill' or 'hollow hill'. The first element is Gaelic for 'hollow' or 'mound', and the second is a common hill suffix.
Word origins
- Tol
- GaelicAttestedhollow, mound(from tulach "mound, hillock")
- mount
- Gaelichill(from monadh "hill, mountain")
Historical forms
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