English / Map Form: Gulvain
Gaelic Form: Gadhail Bheinn
Post Town: SPEAN BRIDGE
Postcode area: PH34
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Gulvain
Gaelic Form: Gadhail Bheinn
Sources
Cuilben 1747-55 Roy
Gulvain 1832 Thomson
Gaothail-Bheinn: Dwelly
- Gaothail bheinn or Gaothar bheinn, ‘windy ben’.: MacMillan
Gulvain or Gaor Bheinn: thrill mountain (?): Parker
“Old Donald says that Gulvain = greyhound ben, not fr. likeness to long lithe hound, but because deer for long hunted there by greyhounds on leash.” Ronald Burn diaries [presumably gadhar is meant here, which Dwelly gives as ‘Lurcher dog. 2 Cross-bred dog, being half greyhound and half foxhound. 3 anciently Greyhound. 4 Mastiff.’ ]
Called ‘Gaor Bheinn or Gulvain’ on modern OS maps.
Additional Information
Munro M161, 987m