Great write up Richard! Really enjoyed your report even though I wasn't sure where you exactly were, not knowing the LD hills too well. It seems to me that just about every hill and hillock in the Lake District has a name. This is unlike the hills in Scotia.......I can see four Munros from my front window, all with Gaelic names. The various lumps and bumps on them don't have names.
Thanks Sparnel.
I suspect that the Clearances may have resulted in a lot of names being lost in the Highlands, as well as antagonism towards the Gaelic language. Whereas the Lakeland Fells have been heavily farmed and mined for many centuries - there are stone dykes running across some of the higher hills.
I'm fascinated by the names of the fells and other features here in the Lakes - many are of Viking origin, but I suspect that other influences creep in - Pen, for example, possibly of Welsh origin, likewise Black Combe (pronounced Coom, rather like Cwm). Also Langstrath, one of the valleys that I passed above, sounds rather Scottish to me!
And then there are beautiful names like Glenderamakin and Glenderaterra, two becks either side of Blencathra (another great name).