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  • Collection: Elphin

Spring of the Glen

Black hole of water

River of Knockan’

The wee pool

Twisted loch

Crooked Loch

Grey hill

Ridge of the Bearberries

White stone

Gemma Smith: "The Gaelic spelling is Ailbhinn, which Watson translates as ‘rock-peak’, taking the specific element to be beinn, ‘mountain’ given the stress on the second syllable. The possibility remains of ail fionn, ‘white rock’, or even aoil…

Hillock

Literally just "hillock, wee hill’", but Gemma Smith's research suggests it was originally Càthair a’ Chnocain, "the seat of Knockan."
Not be confused with Knockan Crags

Loch of the gravelly ravine
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Rounded hill of the wee berries

The well of the lock

The well of the boar

Cave of roaring
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