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Glamaig or Ben Glamaig, a conical mountain (2670 feet) in Portree parish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, on the S side of Loch Sligachan, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Cuchullin Mountains. It has round bronze-hued shoulders; its sides are channelled by innumerable water-courses; great heaps of shingle lie scattered around its base; and its summit is washed bare of soil and vegetation.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a conical mountain" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
Administrative units: | Portree ScoP Inverness Shire ScoCnty |
Place names: | BEN GLAMAIG | GLAMAIG | GLAMAIG OR BEN GLAMAIG |
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