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Beinn Chùirn, the Glossary

Beinn Chùirn is a hill west-south-west of Tyndrum, Scotland, standing on the border of Stirlingshire and Perthshire at the northern extremity of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.^[1]

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37 relations: A82 road, Beinn Dubhchraig, Ben Lui, Ben Oss, Cairn, Cameron McNeish, Cirque, Col, Crown Estate, Dalmally, Dál Riata, Galena, Gold, Grampian Mountains, Hamish Brown, Irvine Butterfield, Jacobite rising of 1745, Jacobitism, Lead smelting, List of Corbett mountains, List of Marilyns in the British Isles, Loch, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Munro, Ordnance Survey, Perthshire, Picts, Pyrite, Quartz, River Tay, Scotland, Scots Mining Company, Scottish Gaelic, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, Topographic prominence, Tyndrum.
Climbing areas of Scotland
Gold mines in Scotland
Underground mines in Scotland

A82 road

The A82 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William.

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Beinn Dubhchraig (Beinn Dubhchreig) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands, west of Crianlarich in the northern part of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Beinn Chùirn and Beinn Dubhchraig are Marilyns of Scotland and mountains and hills of the Southern Highlands.

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Ben Lui

Ben Lui (Beinn Laoigh) is a mountain in the southern Highlands of Scotland. Beinn Chùirn and Ben Lui are Marilyns of Scotland and mountains and hills of the Southern Highlands.

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Ben Oss

Ben Oss (Beinn Os) is a mountain in the southern Highlands of Scotland. Beinn Chùirn and Ben Oss are Marilyns of Scotland and mountains and hills of the Southern Highlands.

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Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

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Cameron McNeish

Cameron McNeish FRSGS is a Scottish wilderness hiker, backpacker and mountaineer who is an authority on outdoor pursuits.

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Cirque

A (from the Latin word) is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

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Col

A col in geomorphology is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks.

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Crown Estate

The Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the British monarch as a corporation sole, making it "the sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's private estate.

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Dalmally

Dalmally (Scottish Gaelic: Clachan an Dìseirt or Dail Mhàilidh) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Dál Riata

Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel.

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Galena

Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS).

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Grampian Mountains

The Grampian Mountains (Am Monadh) is one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, that together occupy about half of Scotland.

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Hamish Brown

Hamish Brown M.B.E. FRSGS is a professional writer, lecturer and photographer specialising in mountain and outdoor topics.

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Irvine Butterfield

Irvine Butterfield (1936–2009) was an environmentalist, hillwalker and author of several books about mountains and the outdoor environment who took a significant role in the running of organisations with such interests in Scotland.

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Jacobite rising of 1745

The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.

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Jacobitism

Jacobitism was a political movement that supported the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne.

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Lead smelting

Plants for the production of lead are generally referred to as lead smelters.

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List of Corbett mountains

This is a list of Corbett mountains in Scotland by height. Beinn Chùirn and list of Corbett mountains are Corbetts.

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List of Marilyns in the British Isles

This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks.

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Loch

Loch is a word meaning "lake" or "sea inlet" in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, subsequently borrowed into English.

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Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (Pàirc Nàiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Tròisichean) is a national park in Scotland centred on Loch Lomond and the hills and glens of the Trossachs, along with several other ranges of hills.

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Munro

A Munro (Rothach) is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over, and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement.

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Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

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Perthshire

Perthshire (locally:; Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland.

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Picts

The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages.

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Pyrite

The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron (II) disulfide).

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Quartz

Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).

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River Tay

The River Tay (Tatha,; probably from the conjectured Brythonic Tausa, possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing' David Ross, Scottish Place-names, p. 209. Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, 2001.) is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scots Mining Company

The Scots Mining Company, or Scotch Mines Company,Peter L. Payne (Ed.) (2013) Studies in Scottish Business History Routledge.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Stirlingshire

Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling (Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland.

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Sutherland

Sutherland (Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it.

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Tyndrum

Tyndrum (Taigh an Droma) is a small village in Scotland. Beinn Chùirn and Tyndrum are gold mines in Scotland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinn_Chùirn

Also known as Cononish.

Beinn Chùirn, the Glossary

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See also

Climbing areas of Scotland

Gold mines in Scotland

Underground mines in Scotland

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