Cùl Beag

Cùl Beag
Cùl Beag
	View of Cùl Beag from the south west, April 2009
Highest point
Elevation	769 m (2,523 ft)
Prominence	546 m (1,791 ft) [1]
Listing	Marilyn, Corbett
Coordinates	58°01′46″N5°09′03″W / 58.02945°N 5.15091°W Coordinates: 58°01′46″N5°09′03″W / 58.02945°N 5.15091°W
Naming
Translation	small back(Gaelic)
Geography
	Cùl Beag Highland, Scotland Cùl Beag Cùl Beag (the United Kingdom)
OS grid	NC140088
Topo map	OS Landranger 15, Explorer 439

Last updated March 22, 2019

Cùl Beag is a mountain in Coigach, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is 15 km north of Ullapool and lies to the south of Cùl Mòr, and to the east of the more well known but lower Stac Pollaidh.

Coigach refers to the peninsula north of Ullapool, in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The area consists of a traditional crofting and fishing community of a couple of hundred houses located between mountain and shore on a peninsula looking over the Summer Isles and the sea. The main settlement is Achiltibuie. Like its northerly neighbour, Assynt in Sutherland, Coigach has mountains which rise sharply from quiet, lochan-studded moorland, and a highly indented rocky coast with many islands, bays and headlands. The highest summit is Ben Mor Coigach at 743 metres; the distinctive profile of Stac Pollaidh is the other main peak within Coigach. The scenic qualities of Coigach, along with neighbouring Assynt, have led to the area being designated as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland.

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.

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Sharing a border with England to the southeast, Scotland is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, by the North Sea to the northeast and by the Irish Sea to the south. In addition to the mainland, situated on the northern third of the island of Great Britain, Scotland has over 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

Cùl Beag is within the Drumrunie Estate, which was purchased in a community buyout in 2005. It is now owned by the Assynt Foundation.^[2]

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References

↑ Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 20 Jan 2012
↑ "Assynt group buys estates in deal". BBC News. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

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[1] Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 20 Jan 2012

[2] "Assynt group buys estates in deal". BBC News. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2013.