Applecross Placenames Project

Placename

Gaelic name: Beinn Bhàn

Name in Original Source: Beinn Bhàn

English meaning: White hill

Placename feature: Mountain

Notes: A name for one of the dominant summits in the Applecross peninsula, which sits to the north of cfLoch Coire nam Fàradh

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: OS Sheet 1880 CII, CIII, CX

Feature Co-ordinates: 57.442797,-5.661844

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