English / Map Form: Ben A'an
Gaelic Form: Am Binnein
Location: Strathyre
Post Town: Callander ~ Calasraid
County: Perthshire
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’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.
