Note 102 — Chapter X · WALLACE JOINED BY A NUMBER OF THE BARONS.—EXPEDITION TO THE WEST HIGHLANDS—BATTLE OF BRADHER, AND DEATH OF M’FADYAN.—AFFAIR OF GLASGOW.—DEFEAT AND FLIGHT OF BISHOP BEK.
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The rock on which the castle stood, was then known, as it is to this day, by the name of Crag-an-àradh, or the rock of the ladder. The Minstrel calls it Crage unyn. This deviation is extremely small, and more in the orthography than the orthoepy. The West-Highlanders pronounce crag-an-àradh, nearly as if spelled craganari. The difference may have easily occurred in the act of transcribing. The mode of crossing the ravine as above described, was in use till the present road was made by government, when a bridge was substituted for the less commodious expedient of a ladder.