Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain

Bràigh Coire a' Chruinn-Bhalgain

Meaning

upland of the corrie of the round blister

Upland Feature

Location

Perthshire

Perth and Kinross

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English / Map Form: Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain

Gaelic Form: Bràigh Coire a' Chruinn-Bhalgain

Location: Pitlochry

Post Town: Pitlochry

County: Perthshire

Local Authority: Perth and Kinross

English / Map Form: Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain

Gaelic Form: Bràigh Coire a' Chruinn-Bhalgain

Language Notes

G gen. sg. masc. def. art. a’ (leniting) + lenited gen. sg. masc. of

Sources

ˌbraiˌˌkorˈxruinˌvaləgən: upland of corrie of round little bag (shape) to follow the OS spelling, but quite likely a variant plural Chruinn-bhalgan, or round bags, perhaps referring to hillocks in the corrie: A. Watson 2015, 179

Coire Chruin Bhalgain: Coireachan Beinn a’ Ghlo [Blair Atholl Archive]

Coire Chruinn Bhalgain: Blair atholl Archive – place-names in Atholl Forest

Additional Information

The MS from the Blair Atholl Archive lists twenty-four corries on Beinn a’ Ghlo and uses the genitive article after ‘Coire’ a number of times but not with this name, suggesting that there is no article here.

Munro M066, 1070m