English / Map Form: Ben Challum
Gaelic Form: Beinn Chaluim
Post Town: CRIANLARICH
Postcode area: FK20
County: Stirlingshire
Local Authority: Stirling
English / Map Form: Ben Challum
Gaelic Form: Beinn Chaluim
Language Notes
G nom. sg. beinn fem. ‘mountain’ + lenited gen. sg. Calum personal name CalumSources
Ben challin 1783 Stobie
“The lochan from which the Lochay flows is Lochan Beinn Chaluim, not Lochan Chailein of OS” Ronald Burn diary
Bēinn-Chalum (Malcolm’ s mountain) Ben Challum: 1835 MacIntyre’ s Etymological Dictionary 22r
Beinn Challuim on modern maps. There is also nearby Coire Challuim and Allt Challuim.
MacIntyre also quotes the following line from a version of A Mhnathan a’ Ghlinne: ‘Aig dìre’ Bheinn Chaluim’
Additional Information
Munro M106, 1025m