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Derry Cairngorm

Càrn Gorm an Doire


Upland

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NO017980


English / Map Form: Derry Cairngorm

Gaelic Form: Càrn Gorm an Doire


Location: Aviemore

Post Town: Aviemore

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Derry Cairngorm

Gaelic Form: Càrn Gorm an Doire


Language Notes

 

Sources

This is the Cairngorm of the place called Derry. The Derry is ‘An Doire’ :

carn gorm ‘n doir: Diack MS2276

“always the Derry, with def. article also in Gaelic; the name : refers to the piece of old pine forest near there (doire, a small wood).” A. M. Alexander, Some Name-Pronunciations, Cairngorm Journal 1946, 268

Derry Burn: Uisge an Doire (ooshk in DIR) – Water of the Copse.: S. Grannd, Place-Names of the Cairngorms National Park

An Carn Gorm.. later called Carn Gorm an Doire… to distinguish it from Carn Gorm on Strath Spey: A. Watson & E. Allan, 1984, 70

Additional Information

Munro M020, 1155m

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