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Deas air Gleann Afraig, tha beinn le ainm annasach 鈥� Taigh M貌r na Seilge. Tha i letheach-slighe eadar Loch Afraig agus Loch Cluanaidh. Taigh M貌r na Seilge 鈥� the big house of the hunt. Carson a tha ainm cho annasach air beinn?

听听听听听听听听听听听 An robh daoine a鈥� sealg an sin anns an t-seann aimsir? No an e mearachd a tha ann? Anns na leabhraichean-ainm aig an t-Suirbhidh 脪rdanais tha p矛os sgr矛obhte ann am peann dearg. Tha e ag r脿dh gur e an t-ainm ceart air a鈥� bheinn Tom M貌r na Seilge. Agus tha e ag r脿dh 鈥�Altered by authority of Mr. Mackay, Inverness鈥�.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Ach tha nota eile anns an aon leabhar a tha ag r脿dh gu feumar tuilleadh rannsachaidh a dh猫anamh air an ainm air 貌rdugh an 鈥楧irector General鈥�. Bha a鈥� ch霉is air a dhol gu mullach an OS!

始S e Tom M貌r na Seilge a tha air a鈥� mhapa aon-貌irlich a chaidh fhoillseachadh anns a鈥� bhliadhna naoi ceud deug (1900). An-diugh, 始s e Taigh M貌r na Seilge a tha air na mapaichean.

听听听听听听听听听听听 始S e an rud a tha iongantach mun bheinn sin, gu bheil 鈥榯aigh鈥� oirre. Tha an togalach faisg air mullach na beinne aig 脿irde naoi ceud meatair. Cha robh mi fh矛n ann, ach bha mi a鈥� bruidhinn ri fear a bha ann, agus a chuir dealbhan dhen structar thugam. Tha e faisg air Loch a鈥� Ch貌innich.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Tha an togalach c貌rr is seachd meatair ann am fad agus ceithir meatair ann an leud. Tha e na thobhta a-nise.

听听听听听听听听听听听 An e taigh seilge a bha ann? Mas e, carson a bhiodh e cho 脿rd air a鈥� bheinn? Rinn mo charaid rannsachadh air a鈥� ch霉is agus cha do lorg e iomradh sam bith air an togalach.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Ach th脿inig aon bheachd inntinneach thuige 鈥� gur e taigh a chaidh a thogail leis an fheadhainn a bha a鈥� d猫anamh nam mapaichean anns an naoidheamh linn deug. Bha an luchd-obrach sin a鈥� campachadh a-mach am measg beanntan na G脿idhealtachd nuair a bha iad ag obair. Canaidh daoine 鈥楥olby Camps鈥� ri a leithid, an d猫idh fear T貌mas Colby. Innsidh mi dhuibh tuilleadh mu dheidhinn-san anns an ath Litir.

South of Glen Affric, there is a mountain with an unusual name 鈥� Taigh M貌r na Seilge. It鈥檚 halfway between Loch Affric and Loch Cluanie. Taigh M貌r na Seilge 鈥� the big house of the hunt. Why does a mountain have such an unusual name?

听听听听听听听 Were people hunting there in olden times? Or is it a mistake? In the Ordnance Survey name books there is a piece written in red pen. It says that the mountain鈥檚 correct name is Tom M貌r na Seilge. And it says 鈥楢ltered by authority of Mr. Mackay, Inverness.鈥�

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听听听听听听听 But there is another note in the same book which says that more research must be done on the name by order of the 鈥楧irector General鈥�. The matter had gone to the top of the OS [Ordnance Survey]!

听听听听听听听 Tom M貌r na Seilge is what is on the one-inch map that was published in the year 1900. Today, it鈥檚 Taigh M貌r na Seilge that is on the maps.

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听听听听听听听 It鈥檚 the amazing thing about that mountain that there is a 鈥榟ouse鈥� on it. The building is close to the mountain鈥檚 summit at an altitude of 900 metres. I haven鈥檛 been there but I was speaking to a man who was, and who sent me photos of the structure. It鈥檚 near Loch a鈥� Ch貌innich [the loch of the moss].

听听听听听听听 The building is more than seven metres in length and four metres in width. It鈥檚 now a ruin.

听听听听听听听 Was it a hunting lodge? If so, why would it be so high on the mountain? My friend researched the matter and he never found any mention of the building.

听听听听听听听 But he received one interesting opinion 鈥� that it is a house that was built by the people who were making the maps in the nineteenth century. Those workers were camping out among the mountains of the Highlands while they worked. People call such places 鈥楥olby Camps鈥�, after a certain Thomas Colby. I鈥檒l tell you more about him in the next Litir.