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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COIRE CULACH | Coire Culach Coire Culach |
Peter Rankine Creagdhu Archibald McGlashan Glencroe |
134 | A rocky corrie in the side of Beinn Donich Sign [Signification]: Not Known |
| BEN ARTHUR | Ben Arthur Ben Arthur Ben Arthur |
Peter Rankine Creagdhu Archibald McGlashan Glencroe John Ferguson Arrochar Robert Campbell Arrochar |
134 | A well known name applied to a mountain at mouth of Glen Croe the south and western slopes covered with large masses of broken rock. The east formed by huge cliffs the higher and most towering called the Cobbler, from its somewhat resembling (when viewed from certain points) a shoemaker sitting at work. a little South east of it is an immense detached peak named Arthur's Seat. (sheet 135) "A lofty threatening mountain-crag called Ben Arthur or the Cobbler. This terrific rock forms the bare summit of a huge mountain and its nodding top so far overhangs the base as to assume the appearance of a cobbler sitting at work; from whence the country call it an greasaiche crom the crooked shoemaker" Fullarton's Gazetteer |
| THE COBBLER | The Cobbler The Cobbler |
Peter Rankine Creagdhu Archibald McGlashan Glencroe John Ferguson Arrochar Robert Campbell Arrochar Donald McDonald Arrochar |
134 | A well known name applied to a mountain at mouth of Glen Croe the south and western slopes covered with large masses of broken rock. The east formed by huge cliffs the higher and most towering called the Cobbler from its somewhat resembling (when viewed from certain points) a shoemaker sitting at work. a little South east of it is an immense detached peak named Arthur's Seat. (sheet 135) "A lofty threatening mountain-crag called Ben Arthur or the Cobbler. This terrific rock forms the bare summit of a huge mountain and its nodding top so far overhangs the base as to assume the appearance of a cobbler sitting at work; from whence the country call it an greasaiche crom the crooked shoemaker" Fullarton's Gazetteer |
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[Page] 41Co. [County] Argyll
[Note to The Cobbler:]
See Sheet 135
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Alison James- Moderator, Michael Duignan
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