Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Coir' an Fhamhair

Name in Original Source: Coir' an Fhamhair

English meaning: Corrie of the giant

Placename feature: Corrie

Notes: This is the most northerly of four features named as corries on the east side of A' Bheinn Bhàn

W. J. Watson's notes: 213: A' Bhinn Bhàn (2936) - The white hill; the highest in Applecross proper.<br /><br />The corries on the north side of A' Bhinn Bhàn are - Coire Each, Horse corry; Coire na Feòla, Flesh corry; Coire na Poite, Cauldron corry; Coire an Fhamhair, Giant's corry; all magnificent corries.

Map name appears in: Sheet 1880 CIII

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.448946,-5.656651

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