Product Description

Perfect for those interested in Scottish scenery and mountain. This completely revised second edition of Scottish Hill & Mountain Names is a great follow-up to the first edition. Many new names are included and many of the chapters have been re-structured the match the areas in the SMC hillwalkers’ district guides.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189220 in Books
• Brand: Cordee Books
• Published on: 2007-05-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

About the Author
Peter Drummond has spent more than 20 years studying the origins of Scottish hill names. He holds a M.Sc. from Edinburgh University for his research on the hill-names of southern Scotland, and was until recently Convenor of the Scottish Place-name Society. As one of the leading exponents in this field of hill names, he is the author of several articles on the subject, as well as being a regular speaker at conferences.

Customer Reviews

For all walkers from ramblers to munroists
Published in 2007 by the Scottish Mountaineering Trust, Scottish Hill Names: Their Origin and Meaning is the 2nd edition of Peter Drummond's comprehensive work, which first appeared in 1991 as Scottish Hill and Mountain Names. After a day spent climbing Sgùrr nan Gillean on Skye or Merrick in the Southern Uplands, you may well be wondering about the meaning of the name of the summits you have just conquered, and you will find answers to your questions here (Sgùrr nan Gillean, Gaelic for 'peak of the young men'; Merrick, probably from Gaelic meurach, 'pronged, branched, fingered').

The whole of Scotland is covered, from Foinaven in the North to Crifell in the South. Island peaks are included too, such as Heaval on Barra, The Sneug on Foula (west of Shetland) or Conachair on the even more rugged and remote Hirta (St. Kilda). This serves as a reminder of just how many peaks there are in Scotland, and as an additional motivation - if you needed one - to go and explore them.....

For the full text of Paul Tempan's review, see the Mountain Views website (mountainviews ie) under More --> Resources.

Great book, should be put in all Scottish Schools.
Its a wonderful book. It should be put in all scottish schools.
Apart from Ben Nevis, ours bens dont know any hills or Mountains of our great country/
It was nice to see such a great book, wriiten by a true Scotsman. The pictures are not the best quaility. Some seem abit dark.