Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain
Bràigh Coire a' Chruinn-Bhalgain
Meaning
upland of the corrie of the round blister
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. ofSources
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
