Farragon Hill

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Farragon Hill
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Farragon Hill from Loch nan Eun
Highest point
Elevation 782 m (2,566 ft) [1]
Prominence 186 m (610 ft)
Listing Corbett, Marilyn
Coordinates 56°40′30″N3°53′39″W / 56.6751°N 3.8942°W / 56.6751; -3.8942 Coordinates: 56°40′30″N3°53′39″W / 56.6751°N 3.8942°W / 56.6751; -3.8942
Geography
Location Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Parent range Grampian Mountains
OS grid NN840552
Topo map OS Landranger 52

Farragon Hill (782 m) is a peak in the foothills of the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies above the town of Aberfeldy in Perthshire.

Grampian Mountains mountain range in Scotland

The Grampian Mountains are one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, occupying a considerable portion of the Scottish Highlands in northern Scotland. The other major mountain ranges in Scotland are the Northwest Highlands and the Southern Uplands. The Grampian range extends southwest to northeast between the Highland Boundary Fault and the Great Glen, occupying almost half of the land area of Scotland and including the Cairngorms and the Lochaber hills. The range includes many of the highest mountains in the British Isles, including Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui.

Perthshire registration county in central Scotland

Perthshire, officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south; its borders the counties of Inverness-shire and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus to the east, Fife, Kinross-shire, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire to the south and Argyllshire to the west. It was a local government county from 1890 to 1930.

The hill is the highest point in the area of rough moorland that lies between Aberfeldy and Loch Tummel. [2]

Loch Tummel lake in the United Kingdom

Loch Tummel is a long, narrow loch, 7 km (4.3 mi) north west of Pitlochry in the council area of Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is fed and drained by the River Tummel, which flows into the River Tay about 13 km (8.1 mi) south-east of the Clunie Dam at the loch's eastern end.

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References

  1. "Farragon Hill - Hillbagging.co.uk". hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "walkhighlands Farragon Hill". walkhighlands.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.