Ben Cruachan
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Ben Cruachan is a mountain that rises to 1,126 metres, 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
Ben Cruachan
Slioch from Loch Maree
Pen y Fan from Cribyn
Cailleach
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In Gaelic myth, the Cailleach is a divine hag, associated with the creation of the landscape and with the weather, especially storms and winter. The word literally means 'old woman, hag', and is found
Ben Cruachan
…Ben Cruachan Quarry Branch Cailleach Falls of Cruachan railway station…
Illustration by John Duncan in Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend (1917)
Ceann na Caill, The Hag's Head, on the southernmost tip of the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare. One of many locations named for the Cailleach.
The Corryvreckan whirlpool (Scottish Gaelic: Coire Bhreacain - 'whirlpool/cauldron of the plaid') washtub of the Cailleach