Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DUM, or Dun

DUM, or Dun, a Celtic word, signifying "a hill, " "a hill-ridge, " "a hill-fort, " or "a fort on a hill, " and used as a prefix in names of places.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a Celtic word, signifying "a hill, " "a hill-ridge, " "a hill-fort, ""   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Place names: DUM     |     DUM OR DUN     |     DUN