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English: Moorland near Mullour on Overton Muir. The name Mullour is shown on the 1:25000 map. Although the placement of the name on that map might suggest that Mullour is located a little NW of the highest part of Overtoun Muir, older OS maps make it clear that the name simply refers to the summit area itself.
This area of heathland looks rather bleak, but that is partly because there is a layer of cloud sitting over the landscape, barely higher than the photographer's viewpoint. Carman Hill (697526) is sometimes referred to locally as "Mount Mallow". That is merely a conventional spelling, since, as far as I know, the name has never appeared on a map, but has simply been preserved through oral tradition; it is stressed on the second syllable, and rhymes with "allow". The Vale of Leven website has a section on the name "Mount Mallow" – http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/scottishplacenames/Mvale_names2.html – where the suggestion is made that the name might be connected with the name "Mullour" (the area where my photograph was taken). It may be, then, that popular usage has transferred this name to the more obvious summit located just to the south. However, rather than being transferred from a place just north of Carman Hill, the name may have originated, instead, just to the south; see 1050247 for the details. At the extreme left of the image, Ardmore Point can be seen jutting out into the Clyde. The wooded slopes, partly cloud-covered, that are visible on the right of the image are the Killoeter Hills. |
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| Author | Lairich Rig |
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