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Wether Hill

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 533m

Marilyn
Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a hill where wethers (castrated male sheep) were grazed. It is a common agricultural term applied to a topographic feature.

Word origins

wether
Old Englishwether (castrated ram)(from wether "wether (castrated ram)")
hill
Old Englishhill