English / Map Form: Beinn Dubhchraig
Gaelic Form: Beinn Dubhchreig
Post Town: CRIANLARICH
Postcode area: FK20
County: Stirlingshire
Local Authority: Stirling
English / Map Form: Beinn Dubhchraig
Gaelic Form: Beinn Dubhchreig
Language Notes
G nom. sg. beinn fem. ‘mountain’ + gen. sg. of existing name Dubhchreag (G nom. sg. preposed adj. masc dubh ‘black’ + lenited nom. sg. creag fem ‘crag’)Sources
Ben-douchrick 1783 Stobie
Beinn Dubh-Chreige: Dwelly [headform is Dubh-chraige, Beinn]
bin̆du:xrek, emphasis on Dubh is so strong that the g in the last syllable is barely or not sounded ‘du:xre, Beinn Dubh-chreag, hill of black crag: A. Watson 2015, 175
Additional Information
Munro M175, 978m
