Dunmallet or Dunmallard Hill is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. It reaches 775 feet (236 m) and Wainwright describes the ascent, from Pooley Bridge, as a "simple after-dinner stroll". He lists two other early spellings: Dunmalloght and Dunmallock The hill is wooded and the views from the top limited.
Remains of an Iron Age hill fort have been detected on the hill.
Etymology
The name Dunmallet or Dunmallard may either be of Brittonic or Middle Irish origin. The most likely derivation is from Irish dùn-mallacht, meaning "fort of curses". Or else, the name may conserve a Brittonic formation of the elements dīn- ("fort") + mę:l ("bald") + -arδ ("height").
References
- ^ Wainwright, A. (1974). "Dunmallet". The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 214–215.
- This name is used on Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map.
- Historic England. "Dunmallard Hillfort (11131)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ James, Alan. "The Brittonic Language in the Old North" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
54°36′51″N 2°49′34″W / 54.61417°N 2.82611°W / 54.61417; -2.82611
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