Ben Armine | |
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Creag a' Choire Ghlais | |
Ben Armine summit | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 705 m (2,313 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 243 m (797 ft) |
Listing | Graham, Marilyn |
Geography | |
Location | Sutherland, Scotland |
Parent range | Northwest Highlands |
OS grid | NC695273 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 16 |
Ben Armine (705 m) is a remote hill in Sutherland in the far north of Scotland. It lies in inland, north of the village of Lairg.
Sutherland is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south and the Atlantic to the north and west. Like its southern neighbour Ross-shire, Sutherland has some of the most dramatic scenery in the whole of Europe, especially on its western fringe where the mountains meet the sea. These include high sea cliffs, and very old mountains composed of Precambrian and Cambrian rocks.
Lairg is a village and parish in Sutherland, Scotland. It has a population of 891 and is at the south-eastern end of Loch Shin.
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