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 UKH Articles 07 Apr 2011
Pont's map of 1590 showing The Cobbler as Suy Arthire, 3 kbJust as 'Cameron' indicates that the PM's ancestors had crooked noses, 'Ben' indicates a large, bulky mountain. Peter Drummond, author of 'Scottish Hill Names', takes us on a tour of Great Britain, teaching us how to read more into hill names.

"Unlike humans, hills don't move around, and so names like 'big hill', given by the locals in one part, never need to meet their namesakes in other glens, and be confused with them. Gaelic is unique within Britain, and perhaps in Europe, for the sheer number of words it possesses for hills of differing shapes and sizes. There's only one Lady Gaga, and only one Ben Nevis: but most hills, and most of us, have to share the world with our namesakes..."

Read more at http://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/page.php?id=3381

 OMR 08 Apr 2011
In reply to UKH Articles: Peter Drummons mentions hill names which appear more than once. Surely Geal Charn must be the most 'popular': there seems to be one everywhere you go.
Is there a more used name?

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