Place:


Buachaille Etive  Argyll

 

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Buachaille Etive like this:

Buachaille-Etive (Gael. ` shepherds of Etive '), two mountains in the NE of Ardchattan parish, Argyllshire. Lying in the angle formed by Glen Etive and Glencoe, they are parted by the river Coupal, to the W of which Buachaille Etive Bheag culminates in Stob Dubh (3129 feet above sea-level); and, to the E, Buachaille Etive Mor in Stob Dearg (3345). Dorothy Wordsworth tells how from Kingshouse she and her brother 'often looked out of the window towards a huge pyramidal mountain, Buchal, at the entrance of Glencoe.'

Buachaille Etive through time

Buachaille Etive is now part of Highland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Highland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buachaille Etive itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buachaille Etive, in Highland and Argyll | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27088

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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