What is "meugher"

Meugher (/ˈmuː.fər/) 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 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". It is hydrologically within the Nidderdale drainage area, with Meugher Dyke draining the southern and eastern flanks, and Cross Gill draining the western flank, and the two draining the northern flank.

The name was first recorded in 1120, and probably derives from the Old Norse mjór haugr, meaning "small hill".