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Beinn a' Chreachain

Beinn a' Chreachainn


Upland

Location

Perthshire

Perth and Kinross

PA36

NN373440


English / Map Form: Beinn a' Chreachain

Gaelic Form: Beinn a' Chreachainn


Location: Bridge of Orchy

Post Town: BRIDGE OF ORCHY

Postcode area: PA36

County: Perthshire

Local Authority: Perth and Kinross

English / Map Form: Beinn a' Chreachain

Gaelic Form: Beinn a' Chreachainn


Genitive Form: Beinn a' Chreachainn

Language Notes

 G nom. sg. beinn fem. ‘mountain’ + G gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. masc. of creachann ‘steep, bare rock = ‘the mountain of the bare rock’

Sources

Beinn a’ Chreachainn: Robertson

Beinn a’ Creachainn is supposed to be the same word as Creach = cattle or spoil: Robert Burns diary

Beinn a’ Chreachann (chreach rhymes with hair – hair drawled, in fact): Robert Burns diary

Additional Information

Munro M061 1081m

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