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Plate 7: An Suidhe – The Suie, Burial Place of the Macnabs of Innisewan, Glen Dochart, Breadalbane.

There is another version of the rhyme (Robertson Collection MS357). Its first line quotes Eas a’ Ghràig – Waterfall of the Croaking or Shouting, which makes more sense than Fas – meaning a stance or station. It also records that the first soldier responds to the litany of names with: dhìochuimhnich tu Both-bhain! – you forgot Bovain! (White or Fair Hut, but perhaps Both Mheadhain – Middle Hut, which works well with Both Uachdair). Both-bhàin is 2 miles south west of Killin at NN542306 and at some distance from the main group of places cited in central Glen Dochart.

Another name, again at some distance from the others, which otherwise tend to cluster about Auchlyne, is Lochan nan Arm – Lochan of the Weapons (ssss1). It would have been well known in the area. It is still referred to in West Highland Way publicity. Here in 1306 a party of MacDougalls intent on avenging the murder of their chief’s brother-in-law, the Red Comyn, surprised Robert the Bruce and his men. They nearly succeeded, for Bruce lost his plaid brooch to the MacDougalls in the fight. In their haste to escape the boggy ground about the lochan, the future King’s party threw their weapons into the little loch to lighten their load as they fled the scene. This tiny place can be found to the southwest of Tyndrum - Taigh an Droma (NN337287) hidden by, and perched amongst a cluster, of glacial moraines.