Ben Challum

Beinn Chaluim

Upland Feature

Location

Stirlingshire

Stirling

FK20

NN386322

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 Calum

Sources

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