More distribution of hill names in Scotland, Ireland, and N. England: (I.e. the word for & #39;hill& #39;)

The interesting Gaelic divide in the Highlands is the Sgor/Carn divide, with Sgor (and Sgurr) prevalent on the West, and Carn being popular in the North and East (esp. in Cairgorms.)

Both & #39;Ben& #39; (and Beinn/Bheinn) and & #39;Meall& #39; are common throughout the Highlands, both North and South. There are virtually none south of the Highland Boundary Fault (roughly).

Scots/Norse-origin words like & #39;Fell& #39; and & #39;Law& #39; dominate in the Southern Uplands/N. England and Law particularly on the East Coast.

Sliabh (or Slieve, in Ireland) is predominantly Irish, but a few Sliabhs have made their way across the water to the fringes of the West Coast. (and some outliers in Speyside!)

(There are lots more hill names [including many just called & #39;... Hill& #39;], but these stood out as having interesting regional distributions.)

Maps produced with data from the & #39;Database of British and Irish Hills& #39; http://www.hills-database.co.uk/ ,">https://www.hills-database.co.uk/">... Analysis Python code from @geopandas and @matplotlib. Toponymy reference: Peter Drummond& #39;s & #39;Scottish Hill Names& #39; (SMC)

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