Meugher

Meugher
Elevation	575 m (1,886 ft)
Location
Location	Yorkshire Dales, England
Coordinates	54°07′50″N 1°55′30″W / 54.13056°N 1.925°W / 54.13056; -1.925Coordinates: 54°07′50″N 1°55′30″W / 54.13056°N 1.925°W / 54.13056; -1.925
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.