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Ben Avon, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe

Beinn Athfhinn, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe


Upland

Location

Banffshire

Aberdeenshire

AB35

NJ131018


English / Map Form: Ben Avon, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe

Gaelic Form: Beinn Athfhinn, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe


Post Town: BALLATER

Postcode area: AB35

County: Banffshire

Local Authority: Aberdeenshire

English / Map Form: Ben Avon, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe

Gaelic Form: Beinn Athfhinn, Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe


Sources

Ping auinn, auing: Diack MS2276, 54

Beinn Athfhinn: Watson in Dwelly

‘Loch Avon takes its name from the stream that issues from it, and this is well names Athfhinn, the very white one, from the clearness of the water’ : Watson 2002 (1916), 135

Ben Avon, or Ben A ‘an : the latter is the better sound, being nearest the Gaelic, which was like ben a-wing.: W. M. Alexander 1946

“Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe marked as summit tor, which is Stob Easaidh Mor. Leabaidh etc unknown locally but may have referred to grassy bank below tor” A. Watson Discoveries 67

be̤nˈaːn, possibly hill of Athfhinn (i.e. very bright one, referring to the river) A. Watson 1984, 22

Additional Information

Munro M017, 1171

Munros offical list give Ben Avon as English form and Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe as Gaelic form. The maps seems to suggest the summit is the Leabaidh and Ben Avon the large ridge.

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