Customer Reviews:
 For all walkers from ramblers to munroists October 17, 2008
Published in 2007 by the Scottish Mountaineering Trust, Scottish Hill Names: Their Origin and Meaning is the 2nd edition of Peter Drummond's comprehensive work, which first appeared in 1991 as Scottish Hill and Mountain Names. After a day spent climbing Sgurr nan Gillean on Skye or Merrick in the Southern Uplands, you may well be wondering about the meaning of the name of the summits you have just conquered, and you will find answers to your questions here (Sgurr nan Gillean, Gaelic for 'peak of the young men'; Merrick, probably from Gaelic meurach, 'pronged, branched, fingered').
The whole of Scotland is covered, from Foinaven in the North to Crifell in the South. Island peaks are included too, such as Heaval on Barra, The Sneug on Foula (west of Shetland) or Conachair on the even more rugged and remote Hirta (St. Kilda). This serves as a reminder of just how many peaks there are in Scotland, and as an additional motivation - if you needed one - to go and explore them.....
For the full text of Paul Tempan's review, see the Mountain Views website (mountainviews ie) under More --> Resources.
 Great book, should be put in all Scottish Schools. September 8, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Its a wonderful book. It should be put in all scottish schools.
Apart from Ben Nevis, ours bens dont know any hills or Mountains of our great country/
It was nice to see such a great book, wriiten by a true Scotsman. The pictures are not the best quaility. Some seem abit dark.
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