Ben_Cruachan

Ben Cruachan

Ben Cruachan

Mountain in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Ben Cruachan (Scottish Gaelic: Cruachan Beann)[3] is a mountain that rises to 1,126 metres (3,694 ft), the highest in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It gives its name to the Cruachan Dam, a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located in a cavern inside the mountain. It is the high point of a ring of mountains, known as the Cruachan Horseshoe, that surrounds the power station reservoir. The horseshoe includes a further Munro (Stob Diamh), a Corbett (Beinn a' Bhuiridh), and several subsidiary summits. "Cruachan!" is the battle cry of Highland clans Campbell and MacIntyre.

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  1. [1]
    "Ben Cruachan". walkhighlands.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. [2]
    Butterfield, Irvine (1986). The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland. London: Diadem Books. ISBN 978-0-906371-71-8.
  3. [3]
    "Ben Cruachan". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland.
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