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Carn Loch an Tuirc

hill or mountain · Highland · 469m

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Carn Loch an Tuirc is a Gaelic name meaning 'cairn of the boar's loch'. It refers to a hill or cairn by a loch associated with a wild boar.

Word origins

Carn
Gaeliccairn, hill(from carn "cairn, heap of stones, hill")
Loch
Gaelicloch, lake(from loch "loch, lake")
an Tuirc
Gaelicof the boar(from torc "boar")