Ben Lomond
| Ben Lomond | |
|---|---|
| Beinn Laomainn | |
 Ben Lomond leukin north athort Loch Lomond at the watterline | |
| Heichest pynt | |
| Elevation | 974 m (3,196 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 820 m (2,690 ft) Rankit 30t in Breetish Isles |
| Paurent peak | Ben More |
| Leetin | Munro, Marilyn, Coonty tap (Stirlinshire) |
| Coordinates | 56°11′26″N 4°37′59″W / 56.19063°N 4.63317°WCoordinates: 56°11′26″N 4°37′59″W / 56.19063°N 4.63317°W |
| Namin | |
| Translation | Baikon muntain |
| Pronunciation | Scots Gaelic: [peɲˈl̪ˠɯːmɪɲ] ( listen) |
| Geografie | |
  Ben Lomond | |
| Parent range | Grampian Muntains |
| OS grid | NN367029 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 56 an Explorer 364 |
Ben Lomond (Scots Gaelic: Beinn Laomainn) is a muntain in the Scots Hielands, at it's summit it haes a heich o 974 metre (3,196 ft) abuin sea level.[1] The muntain is locatit on the east bank o Loch Lomond within the Loch Lomond an The Trossachs Naitional Pairk. It is the soothmaist o the Munros.[2]
Geographie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Ben Lomond appears tae hae a conical shape whan luiked at frae the Arrochar Alps nearby but it haes a craggy corrie heich up on it's northren side.[3] The muntain comprises twa parallel sooth-sootheastren ridges: the Sròn Aonaich ridge tae the east and the Ptarmigan ridge tae the wast. At the north o the summit these ridges come thegither an meet at a 456 metre (1,496 ft) col wae Cruin a' Bheinn, a Graham. The summit is gressy and craggy an is merkit bi a triangulation pillar.
Geologie
[eedit | eedit soorce]Ben Lomond's geologie is maistly makkit up frae granite, mica schist, diorite, porphyry an quartzite.[4] Ben Lomond ligs on the Scots watershed, the drainage divide that separates the watter systems flowin tae the east frae the anes that flow tae the wast.
Weys o ascent
[eedit | eedit soorce]The maist popular wey up Ben Lomond is kent as the 'tourist peth',[3][5][6] a wide, erodit[3] an weel paddit peth that is rouchly causeyed at steeper pairts.[6] This wey up wis creatit on accoount o The Ben bein ane o the maist weel kent[7][8] muntains in Scotland wae climmers, it gaes up the myld Sròn Aonaich ridge afore gaun abuin tae a steeper section taewart the pynt.
Anither peth follaes the Ptarmigan ridge tae the summit alang a steeper an craggier peth.[5] The Ptarmigan peth is the seicont maist popular wey up, follit bi a third peth that gaes up frae Gleann Dubh.[7]
Awthou the tourist peth is no considert a difficult ane, Ben Lomond can still pruive tae be a challenge tae walkers wioot muckle experience, mair sae in ill wather.[9] The dedicatit Lomond Mountain Rescue Team haes been active syne 1967 assistin walkers an climmers on Ben Lomond as weel as ither nearby pynts.[10]
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A walker gaun doon the tourist peth, seen frae the summit in Januar 2010. -
The summit o Ben Lomond seen frae heicht up on the Ptarmigan ridge in Januar 2010.
Fauna
[eedit | eedit soorce]The heich pairts o the muntain haes an alpine tundra ecologie, hame tae species o birds includin peregrine falcons, merlins, rock ptarmigans, red grouse and gowden eagles.[11] A study bi the British Trust for Ornithology fund that Ben Lomond micht hae the maist soothren breedin ptarmigan population in Scotland,[12] follaein the drap in nummers o the populations on Goatfell an the Arran muntains, mibbie as a result o climate chynge.
The muntain area is uised for fermin sheep an aw. The National Trust for Scotland is taskit wae managin the laund, ettlein tae fin a balance atween wildlife conservation an the laund available for fermin.[8]
Memorial Pairk
[eedit | eedit soorce]The area aroon Ben Lomond, includin the muntain summit, haes been designatit as a war memorial cried the Ben Lomond Naitional Memorial Pairk syne 1995.[8] The pairk is dedicatit tae the fawen o the First an Seicont Warld Wars, an wis creatit oot o the former Rowardennan Estate wae the backin o the National Heritage Memorial Fund.[13] The memorial pairk is managed bi the Naitional Trust for Scotland[14]
The memorial pairk wis officially appent on Armistice Day in 1997 bi the Rt Hon Donald Dewar the Secretar o State for Scotland at the time. Dewar later becam the first First Meenister o Scotland. At the appenin ceremony Dewar presentit a granite sculptur bi Doug Cocker, a Scots airtist wha haed won a competition held bi the Scots Sculptur Trust tae design a permanent monument for the pairk.[13]
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]The nem Ben Lomond is widely greed tae mean "baikon muntain" or "baikon hill".[15][16] Lomond is a Brythonic nem an comes frae the element lumon meanin "a baikon" (the relatit Welsh wird llumon is frae the same root).[17][18][19] This element, that is the origin o the Scots wird lum an aw,[17] can be fund in the nems o ither hills an muntains lik the Lomond Hills in Fife an Pumlumon in Wales.[17] As wae thae hills, Ben Lomond is likly tae hae been thoucht o as a central pynt, likly the meetin-pynt o monie territorial boundaries, whaur a baikon may hae aften been lit.[17]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Ben Lomond" (in Inglis). Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH). 2019. Retrieved 19 Juin 2019.
- ↑ "11 stunning Munros suitable for beginners" (in Inglis).
- ↑ a b c "Ben Lomond (Munro Magic)" (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 29 Juin 2017. Retrieved 29 Januar 2010.
- ↑
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Cite has empty unkent parameters: |HIDE_PARAMETER15=,|HIDE_PARAMETER13=,|HIDE_PARAMETER14c=,|HIDE_PARAMETER14=,|HIDE_PARAMETER9=,|HIDE_PARAMETER3=,|HIDE_PARAMETER1=,|HIDE_PARAMETER4=,|HIDE_PARAMETER2=,|HIDE_PARAMETER8=,|HIDE_PARAMETER20=,|HIDE_PARAMETER5=,|HIDE_PARAMETER7=,|HIDE_PARAMETER10=,|separator=,|HIDE_PARAMETER14b=,|HIDE_PARAMETER6=,|HIDE_PARAMETER11=, and|HIDE_PARAMETER12=(help) - ↑ a b "Ben Lomond (Walk Highlands)" (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ↑ a b "Climb Ben Lomond". In Callander. Archived frae the original on 25 Mey 2009. Retrieved 24 Januar 2010. Archived 2009-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b Robin Howie (27 August 2008). "Walk on the wild side: A climb up the tourist wey of Ben Lomond". Media (in Inglis). The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 Januar 2010.
- ↑ a b c "Ben Lomond" (in Inglis). National Trust for Scotland. Retrieved 24 Januar 2010.
- ↑ "Lost walkers spark police anger" (in Inglis). BBC News. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 24 Januar 2010.
- ↑ "Lomond MRT". Archived frae the original on 21 Mey 2011. Retrieved 24 Januar 2010. Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park" (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 7 Juin 2011. Retrieved 24 Januar 2010.[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Southerly ptarmigan decline fears". BBC News. 1 Februar 2009. Retrieved 24 Januar 2010.
- ↑ a b "Donald Dewar opens Ben Lomond National Memorial Park" [Donald Dewar appens the Ben Lomond Naitional Memorial Pairk] (in Inglis). The Scottish Government. 11 November 1997. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ↑ "National Trust Scotland — National Memorial Park" (in Inglis). Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ↑ "Ben Lomond". Steven Fallon - Mountain Adventures (in Inglis).
- ↑ Harland, Jack P (12 Juin 2018). Highland Journal: 1. The Making of a Hillwalker, Volume 1 (in Inglis). Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 47. ISBN 9781789013252.
- ↑ a b c d James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018. Archived 2017-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Townsend, Chris (30 Mairch 2011). Scotland (in Inglis). Cicerone Press Limited. p. 101. ISBN 9781849653534. Retrieved 18 Januar 2019.
- ↑ Bede, Cuthbert (1863). A Tour in Tartan-land (in Inglis]). Scotland: R. Bentley. p. [https://archive.org/details/atourintartanla00bedegoog/page/n189 170. Retrieved 18 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
