Rigg

Rigg

Rigg is an Old English language word meaning a bumpy fell or ridge.

It may also refer to:

People

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Other

* High Rigg, a small hill located in the English Lake District a few miles from the town of Keswick and Low Rigg, a smaller hill nearby
* Rigg Mill, a water mill and Rigg Mill Beck, a stream, near Whitby, North Yorkshire
* Rigg, Dumfries and Galloway, a settlement in southwest Scotland

ee also

* Rig
* Riggs
* Rigging


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