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Loups of Barnshangan

waterfall · Dumfries and Galloway

GaelicAI-generated

The Loups of Barnshangan are waterfalls. 'Loups' is a Scots word for leaps or waterfalls, derived from Old French 'lope'. Barnshangan is a Gaelic place name, possibly meaning 'settlement of the sons of Shangan'.

Word origins

Loups
Scotsleaps, waterfalls
Barnshangan
Gaelicsettlement of the sons of Shangan(from barr "top, height", seangain "of Shangan")