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Sgùrr an Tuirc

Sgùrr Tuirce


Meaning

boar peak


Upland

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NM851779


English / Map Form: Sgùrr an Tuirc

Gaelic Form: Sgùrr Tuirce


Location: Lochailort

Post Town: Glenfinnan

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Sgùrr an Tuirc

Gaelic Form: Sgùrr Tuirce


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This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of the Rough Bounds of Lochaber and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:

“A rocky outcrop quite visible from the loch is called on maps Sgùrr an Tuirce, although it is also known as Sgùrr Tuirce locally, which means ‘boar peak’. As with most Highland mountains named after pigs, there is an Ossianic story associated with it. Uniquely perhaps, this does not claim to be the place of the death of Diarmid but instead related to an otherwise untold chapter in the story. Diarmaid and his men were chasing the huge tusked boar across Scotland. The beast came to the spot behind the prominent peak and slumped down behind it exhausted. This made a deep impression which can still be seen. When the hunters caught up, the boar took off again.”

Gaelic in the Landscape: The Rough Bounds of Lochaber (Scottish Natural Heritage 2013): 16

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