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© 2019 John Murray/ Iain Moireach
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ISBN 978-184995-439-8
Cover image: Buachaille Etive [Èite] Mòr from Glen Etive.
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Plate 1: ‘A Little Place’ - Creagan nam Plaoisg – Little Rock of the Husks, Brig o’ Turk, Trossachs
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To Gaenor, whose many MacDougall and MacLucas ancestors were Gaelic speakers from the islands of Mull and Coll.
In my early wanderings over Skye,I used to be astonished to find that every little hummock and hollow had a recognised name, not to be found on any map, yet well-known to the inhabitants, who by means of these names could indicate precisely the route to be followed across a trackless moorland or a rough mountain range. Even if no attempt may be made to speak the language, enough acquaintance with it may easily be acquired for the purpose of interpreting a large number of place-names. The same descriptive term will be found continually recurring, with endless varying suffixes and affixes of local significance.