Hell's Glen
Hell's Glen is a glen on the Cowal Peninsula, in the Arrochar Alps between the mountains Cruach nam Mult and Stob an Eas. To the west, it leads to Loch Fyne and to the east, the high mountain Ben Donich. The glen is within the Argyll Forest Park that is itself within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
| Hell's Glen | |
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The road through Hell's Glen is the B839. | |
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| Coordinates | 56.217°N 4.946°W grid reference NN1820306549 |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cowal, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. |
| Country | Scotland |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Glen |
The glen is named from its name in Gaelic, Glen Iarainn. This means "the Iron Glen" but sounds like the nearby Glen Ifhrinn which means "the Glen of Hell." The glen is also known as An Gleann Beag, "the small glen", in Scottish Gaelic.
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