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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Eas Thorr (Continued) 004 [continued from page 45]
Glens to them. Thorr is a hill or mountain of a conical form.
Cruinn a' Bheinn Cruinn a' Bheinn
Cruinn a' Bheinn
Cruinn a' Bheinn
Cruinn a' Bheinn
D. McNab
J. Buchanan
J. McGrigor
J. McFarlane
004 This signifies the round hill and is very descriptive. There is a remarkable Pass of named after it, at the bottom, on the south side, between it and "Gualann Caorunn Achaidh". The south-eastern & western face of "Cruinn a' Bheinn" is rocky.
Bealach Cruinn a' Bheinn Bealach Cruinn a' Bheinn D. McNab
J. Buchanan
J. McGrigor
J. McFarlane
004 See above. This as well as the hill name is widely known. It signifies Pass of the round hill or mountain.

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Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish

[Note under Cruinn a' Bheinn:]
The phraseology "Cruinn a' Bheinn
is evidently incorrect Gaelic. But to alter it to correct Gaelic
would change to much the name from
its popular tho' vulgar form
Cruinn Round Circular
"Beinn" - a hill, a pinnacle &c.

[Note under Bealach Cruinn a' Bheinn:]
"Bealach", a pass.

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