NIGHTBRINGER | The Arthurian Encyclopedia

Pen Oyle


Home of the giant Oyle. The place cannot be identified with certainty.


Notes
The Welsh pen, in geographical names, means the highest part or the extreme end, as of a mountain, a field, or a meadow. In Scotland there is ben, “a mountain;” Gaelic cen or cenn with the same meaning as pen and ben. Some Scottish places are Benmore (Penmawr), “great mountain;” Pencraig, “top of the rock;” Penpont, “end of the bridge,” and so on. European names gives us information about the earlier Celtic settlements, such as Pennine, Penne, Penmark, and Apennines.