Meugher

Meugher
Elevation 575 m (1,886 ft)
Location
Location Yorkshire Dales, England
Topo map OS Landranger 98
OS grid SE044704

Meugher is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It lies in remote country between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, in the parish of Stonebeck Down less than 1 km outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The hill has a conical peak, which has been described as "perhaps the remotest and least inviting summit in the Yorkshire Dales".[1]

The name was first recorded in 1120, and probably derives from the Old Norse mjór haugr, meaning "small hill".[2]

References

  1. ^ Speakman, Colin (2006). Green Networks of the Dales. p. 50. ISBN 1 905080 15 8. 
  2. ^ Smith, A.H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 216.