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Al. A termination denoting an elevation. Celt. Al, altus; as in the instances of the Ercal Benthall Posenhal, High Ercal, Hadnal, Shiffnal, Gnoral, Gornal, co. Worcester. Pecknal, near Alberbury.

Source: Salopia Antiqua or An Enquiry from Personal Survey into the Druidical, Military and other Early Remains in Shropshire and the North Welsh Borders: with observations upon the names of places, and a glossary of words used in the county of Salop. By the Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne, M.A., F.S.A. Printed at the University Press, Cambridge. London: John W. Parker, West Strand. 1841.