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Ben A'an

Am Binnein


Upland

Location

Stirling

NN505083


English / Map Form: Ben A'an

Gaelic Form: Am Binnein


Location: Strathyre

Post Town: Callander ~ Calasraid

County: -- Select a county --

Local Authority: Stirling

English / Map Form: Ben A'an

Gaelic Form: Am Binnein


Language Notes

G am, nom. sg. masc. def. art + nom. sg. binnein, masc. ‘apex, pinnacle’

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Am Binnein Watson 1926 p. 480
Am Binnean Newton 1999
binnein Dieckhoff 1932 (as the word)
Binnean “Beinn Mhòr is Binnean” MS371 Robertson Collection p. 32

Additional Information

Drummond 1992, 106 says that it was Walter Scott in Lady of the Lake who invented the name Ben A’an, as Ben-an.

It is not clear whether the form should be -ean or -ein. The former is expected, but the latter is also in evidence. The latter also has numerous parallels throughout Scottish toponymy, opposed to the former which is seen in only three instances.

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