Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Benglo

Benglo (Gael. beinn a'ghlo, ` the hazy mountain '), a mountain range in Blair Athole parish, Perthshire, flanking the greater part of the south-eastern side of Glen Tilt, and culminating 8 miles NE of Blair Athole. It rises from a vast base to a group of five summits, the highest of which has an altitude of 3671 feet above sea-level.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mountain range"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges")
Administrative units: Perthshire ScoCnty
Place names: BEINN AGHLO     |     BENGLO
Place: Beinn Aghlo

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