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Finen Hill

Am Fionnan


Meaning

the white hill


Upland

Location

Wigtownshire

Dumfries and Galloway

DG9

NW994723


English / Map Form: Finen Hill

Gaelic Form: Am Fionnan


Post Town: STRANRAER

Postcode area: DG9

County: Wigtownshire

Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway

English / Map Form: Finen Hill

Gaelic Form: Am Fionnan


Sources

Finen       1849        OS Six-inch 1st Ed.

FÌNEN Hill. ‘Kirkcolm.’ See Pont’s rendering of Fingland. Maxwell 1887: 182

Additional Information

FINEN HILL
About 4 miles N.W. [North West] from KirKcolm village is Finen Hill. It is a remarkable hill, So Conspicuous, at Sea, as to be Considered by Sailors, as a Sea -Mark. it is bounded On One Side by the Sea, On which Side there is a Steep precipice.- OS1/35/2/80

The hill could be described as a very large sand dune and likely takes its name from this sand.

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