Beinn Bheag

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Beinn Bheag
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Beinn Bheag
Highest point
Elevation 736 m (2,415 ft) [1]
Prominence 200 m (660 ft)
Listing Graham, Marilyn
Geography
Location Lochaber, Scotland
Parent range Northwest Highlands
OS grid NM914636
Topo map OS Landranger 40

Beinn Bheag (736 m) is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the Ardgour area of Lochaber, west of the village of Corran.

The Northwest Highlands are located in the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen. The region comprises Wester Ross, Assynt, Sutherland and part of Caithness. The Caledonian Canal, which extends from Loch Linnhe in the south-west, via Loch Ness to the Moray Firth in the north-east splits this area from the rest of the country. The city of Inverness and the town of Fort William serve as gateways to the region from the south.

Ardgour human settlement in United Kingdom

Ardgour is an area of the Scottish Highlands on the western shore of Loch Linnhe. It lies north of the district of Morvern and east of the district of Sunart. Administratively it is now part of the ward management area of Lochaber, in Highland council area. It forms part of the traditional shire and current registration county of Argyll.

Lochaber ward management area of the Highland Council

Lochaber is a name applied to areas of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it consisted of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creation of Quoad Sacra parishes in the 19th century; this Lochaber extended from the Northern shore of Loch Leven, a district called Nether Lochaber, to beyond Spean Bridge and Roy Bridge, which area is known as Brae Lochaber or Braigh Loch Abar in Gaelic. The town of Fort William is the main town and Lochaber was a distinct Province of Scotland in its own right. Lochaber is now also used to refer to a much wider area, one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region.

The peak is one of three that forms an east facing horseshoe, along with Garbh Bheinn and Sgorr Mhic Eacharna. It is usually climbed from the A861 road. [2]

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References

  1. "Beinn Bheag". hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. "Munro magic Beinn Bheag". Munromagic.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.