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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEN CRUACHAN | Ben Cruachan Ben Cruachan Ben Cruachan Ben Cruachan Ben Chruachan Ben Cruachin Ben Cruachan Ben Cruachan |
Rev [Reverend] D. McLean Dalmally H. McColl Inverawe Ho. [House] Mr White Farmer Bonawe New Statistical Account Rev [Reverend] D. McCalman Ardchattan Tytler's History of the Scotland Vol [Volume] 1.253 Origines Parochiales Black's Tourists' Guide |
100 | A large mountain situated in the parish of Ardchattan & on the east side of Loch Etive. It is nearly the highest mountain in Argyllshire, & embraces a great extent of country, its circumference at the base being 20 miles. It terminates in two bold rocky pinnacles the eastern of which is said to be 3689 feet in height. The summit is very rocky & precipitous especially on the north side, the slopes are free of rock, easy of access, & afford excellent pasture for sheep. |
| COIRE AN T-SNEACHD | Coire an Sneachd Coire an Sneachd Coire an Sneachd "Coire an t-Sneachd" |
Hugh McColl Inverawe A McNiven Bonawe D. McIntyre Ardchattan G. O. [Gaelic Orthography] |
100 | A slight depression west of coire chait on the north side of Ben Cruachan Sig:- [Signification] The Snow Corrie. |
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[Page] 49Ben Cruachan
"This is the highest mountain in the county of Argyle. This
said to tower to a height of 3669 feet. Its base describes
a circumference of more than twenty miles." New Statistical account.
"Beinn Chruachan." [note] "Mountain of (the) Conical Tops."
[Note]
an Sneachda - an t-Sneachd - requires - t - with a hyphen before in the gen [genitive] & dat [dative] sing [singular]
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