Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Glamaig or Ben Glamaig

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)

Linked entities:
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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