Meugher (/ˈmuːfər/ MOO-fər)[1] 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 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park but within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Beauty.
[2] The hill has a conical peak topped by an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar,[3] and has been described as "perhaps the remotest and least inviting summit in the Yorkshire Dales".
It can be accessed by a shooting track from near Lofthouse, which now approaches within 430 metres (470 yards) of the summit, or from a public footpath a mile north west of the summit, leading from Middlesmoor to Conistone.
[5] The name was first recorded as Magare in 1120, and probably derives from the Old Norse mjór haugr, meaning "small hill".