ward-hilln.
/ˈwɔːdhɪl/, U.S. /ˈwɔrdˌ(h)ɪl/, Scottish English /ˈwɔrdhɪl/, /ˈwɔrthɪl/ Orkney and Shetland.
A beacon hill.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > fire signal > hill where fire is lit
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?a1680 in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1908) III. 252 Fabrics..from the top of which when there was any imminent danger, they made a sign by fire one to another. The like they did from Promontories or Wart Hills.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 499/2 The alarm was given by the beacons lighted on the tops of the rocks and highest mountains. These beacons, known by the name of ward-hills, are still to be seen in every island.
1822 J. Laing Voy. Spitzbergen 20 Along the shores are a great many ancient towers, originally known by the name of Burrows or Duns; but by the inhabitants they are now called Wart or Wardhills.
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