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Originally Posted by The Woodman Why "The Awful Hand" mac?
Never heard that expression before or have I missed something? |
It is a well used name suggested by certain views of the range from the west, when the ridges of the four main hills appear as fingers and Benyellary - a subsidiary top of the Merrick - supplies the thumb
"Southern Uplands" - Scottish Mountaineering Trust 1972
Cheers
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