Beinn Mhor

Nearest town:
Grantown-on-Spey (3km ENE)
OS reference:
NH9977927738
OS sheet:
36
Latitude:
57° 19' 45.42 N
Longitude:
3° 39' 53.19 W
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Images

Image of Beinn Mhor (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Internal cairn with ALC and B posing to the south east.

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 11, 2016
Image of Beinn Mhor (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

To left of the hills to the south is the Laggan Cairn.

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 11, 2016
Image of Beinn Mhor (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

View of the cairn, middle of pic, from the east. Fuaran na h-Innsieg in the background.

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 10, 2016
Image of Beinn Mhor (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Looking south west to my old friend Laggan Hill. (masts on top)

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 10, 2016
Image of Beinn Mhor (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The south is protected by the skeletons of dead jabby things.

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 10, 2016
Image of Beinn Mhor (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Some heather flowers on the south west side, a wee highland bouquet for Tjj :-)

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 10, 2016
Image of Beinn Mhor (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The cairn looking north towards the hill of the same name.

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 10, 2016

Articles

Beinn Mhor

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 16, 2016

Big Mountain.

From Grantown On Spey take the A95 heading west and take the first minor road which heads in a north westerly direction. Keep going until the road runs out and it becomes a track. A few hundred yards up the track is Glenbeg hostel/farm which has plenty of parking.

We walked further up the track and kept going in a north westerly direction until it ends. This is fairly steep in bits but nothing to difficult. Also the tracks condition worsens but it is still in pretty good state by the time the forestry gate is reached which also marks the end of the trees and the beginning of the heather. Also by this time the usual recent weather had returned.

For the cairn follow track mainly south over a small hill then head west. Keep heading west over a small hillock, past some clearance cairns in the distance a green patch amongst the heather can be seen. Also look for a single rowan tree.

The cairn still sits at 15 meters wide and is 1 meter high. Unlike its near neighbour at Laggan the cist is situated underneath a jabby bush so no photos, sadly, but it is there. Shelters have been made from cairn stones along with nearby walls. Canmore say no kerbs but I disagree, three seem to survive on the north side. On a clear day this would be a beautiful site, on a foggy, rainy day it is an atmospheric place with Laggan Hills masts looming to the south west.

After some time quite literally soaking up the atmosphere it was time to locate Tom A Chaistiel, to the north.

Visited 9/7/2016.

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