2017

NS3482 : The summit of Gouk Hill

taken 7 years ago, near to Dumfin, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

This is 1 of 5 images, with title The summit of Gouk Hill in this square
The summit of Gouk Hill
The summit of Gouk Hill
For the main description of the hill, see NS3482 : The summit of Gouk Hill. The present view, in which Ben Bowie is in the right background, would not have been possible until late 2016, when the area in the middle distance was cleared of trees.

Compare two views back towards Gouk Hill, before and after the trees were cleared on that side of the hill: NS3482 : Cleared forestry land near Gouk Hill / NS3482 : Forestry track near Goukhill Muir.
Gouk Hill

The hill, on the Highland Boundary Fault, has outcrops of puddingstone, which, at this site, is Inchmurrin Conglomerate. The hill is marked as "Gouckhill" on Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1740s-50s); the same "Gouk" element appears to be present in the "Slewna gowack hill" shown on the 1654 Pont/Blaeu map of the Lennox. "Slewna" presumably represents the Gaelic "sliabh na" (on which, see below).

See LinkExternal link for an annotated terrain map that shows the course of the Highland Boundary Fault in relation to Gouk Hill and other nearby features.

For a modern and in-depth account of the "sliabh" element, to which particular significance was attached in some earlier studies of place-names, see "Sliabh in Scottish Place-Names: its Meaning and Chronology", by Simon Taylor (University of Glasgow) on pages 99—136 of Volume I (2007) of "The Journal of Scottish Name Studies": LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Uplands
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Gouk Hill [17] · Bowie [16] · Clearing of Trees [14] · Summit of Gouk Hill [8] Title Clusters: · The summit of Gouk Hill [5] ·
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NS3482, 107 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 8 September, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 20 September, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3492 8298 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:0.6743N 4:38.9701W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3493 8298
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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