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Ben Wyvis

Beinn Uais

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Upland

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Ross and Cromarty

Highland

IV23

NH463683


English / Map Form: Ben Wyvis

Gaelic Form: Beinn Uais


Location: Easter Ross, Highland

Post Town: GARVE

Postcode area: IV23

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Ben Wyvis

Gaelic Form: Beinn Uais


Sources

Beinn Uais: 1911 Dwelly
Beinn Uais: Robertson
Beinn Uamhais: 1932 Dieckhoff Dictionary [pronunciation of –mh- as –h-]
u:ăʃ: Diack MS2276

Ben Wyvis G. Beinn Uais (but prosthetic ‘f’ seen in Cabar Fuais) ; High Hill; ‘uais’ from the root seen in ‘uas-al,’ high, noble; Gaulish ux-ellos ; Gaulish ‘x’ becomes ‘s’ in Gaelic, but in Welsh it becomes ‘ch.’ Thus ‘ ux-ellos ‘ gives in Welsh ‘ uch-el,’ high, whence Ochil, Oykel, Achilty. The height of Wyvis is perhaps best appreciated from the higher parts of Inverness and neighbourhood. Watson 1904, 102-3

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Munro M085, 1046m

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