Cairn O' Mounth

Grampian Mountains, Mounth, Ordnance Survey, Anno Domini
Herausgegeben:Angelus, Jerold

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cairn O' Mounth/Cairn O' Mount is a high mountain pass in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The place name is a survival of the ancient name for what are now the Grampian Mountains, earlier called "the Mounth" (in Gaelic: "monadh", meaning mountains). The name change happened from circa 1520 AD. The Ordnance Survey shows the name as Cairn o' Mount. Cairn O' Mounth is at 1488 feet (454 m) above mean sea level, and there are various commanding views of the surrounding landscape which extend as far as the North Sea. Before the modern A90 road was constructed, the pass served as one of the eight major crossing points for those travelling over the Grampians to Deeside and into Northern Scotland; this entire crossing trackway is historically known as the Cairnamounth. Deriving from this theory, a small village grew up in the pass. The high granite tor of Clachnaben overlooks the road (now called the B974 road) through the pass. The Scottish Tourist Board describes the modern B974 as an "adventurous" road, and it is often impassable due to snow or flooding in winter.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Duct Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138269632
• ISBN-10: 6138269632
• Artikelnr.: 34719750