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Summit Summit · Argyll & the Isles · 1,121 m

Ben Cruachan

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Munro (M): A stand alone mountain in Scotland over 3000 feet tall is known as a Munro. The list of Munro's were first compiled by Sir Hugh Munro in 1891 but now maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Club.
County Top: Argyll and Bute Strathclyde (CoA)
County: Argyll and Bute
Classification: Ma,M,Sim,HHB,CoU,CoA
Meters/Feet: 1127/3698
Feature: rock 3m from trig point
Observations: trig point destroyed
Survey: Leica RX1250
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
Copyright: Creative Commons License
Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.

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NN 06964 30470
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56.426841, -5.131802
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56°25'36.6"N 5°07'54.5"W
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30V 368524 6255625
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