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    The Cuillin (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuiltheann) is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also...
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    frequently referred to as "hills" no matter what their height, as reflected in names such as the Cuillin Hills and the Torridon Hills. In Wales, the distinction...
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    MacLeods defeated by Clan MacDonald of Sleat on the northern slopes of the Cuillin hills. In 1608 after a century of feuding which included battles between the...
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    List of Munro mountains (category Lists of mountains and hills of Scotland)
    and hills in the British Isles List of Munros in Scotland by Section List of mountains of the British Isles by height Lists of mountains and hills in the...
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    well-regarded for their hills and mountains. In total there are 13 island Munros (12 on Skye and 1 on Mull). Skye's Black Cuillin, composed of basalt and...
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  • List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom (category Lists of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom)
    Skye lavas inferred from precise U-Pb and Ar-Ar dating of the Rum and Cuillin plutonic complexes. Nature 394: 260-263 "Put a cork in it". Geocaching...
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  • Highlands and Inner and Outer Hebrides. The locations mentioned are: the Cuillin Hills, Tummel and Loch Rannoch, Lochaber, Shiel, Ailort, Morar, the Skerries...
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  • It is normally reached by boat from Elgol. The island is part of the Cuillin Hills National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. The name derives from Old...
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    Scottish island. These hills make demands of the hill walker that exceed any others found in Scotland and a full traverse of the Cuillin ridge may take 15–20...
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    being frequently referred to as hills irrespective of their height; examples being the Cuillin Hills and the Torridon Hills. All British Isles-wide mountain...
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    MacDonald victory in Coire na Creiche on the northern slopes of the Cuillin hills. It was the last clan battle in Skye. The Macleod and MacDonald Clans...
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  • India Red Hills Fissure, Jamaica Red Hills or Red Cuillin, a range of hills on Skye, Scotland All pages with titles beginning with Red Hills All pages...
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    Arra Mountains (redirect from Arra Hills)
    frequently referred to as "hills" no matter what their height, as reflected in names such as the Cuillin Hills and the Torridon Hills. In Wales, the distinction...
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    Rubha an Dùnain, today an uninhabited peninsula to the south of the Cuillin hills on Skye, contains the small Loch na h-Airde, which is connected to the...
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    the area, but is now generally applied to the wider region. The wooded hills and lochs of the area may be considered to represent a microcosm of a typical...
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    982 m (3,222 ft) and An Socach 921 m (3,022 ft), are amongst the remotest hills in Scotland, and are often climbed from the Scottish Youth Hostels Association...
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    Lochnagar (category Mountains and hills of Aberdeenshire)
    Dug from a communication trench named "Lochnagar Street". Mountains and hills of Scotland mountains portal "Cac Carn Beag (Lochnagar)". munromagic.com...
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    164-171. Published 2016. R. Milne & H. Brown. The Corbetts and Other Scottish Hills: Scottish Mountaineering Club Hillwalkers Guide, pp.169-174. Published 2002...
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    The main range of hills on Rùm are the Cuillin, usually referred to as the "Rùm Cuillin", in order to distinguish them from the Cuillin of Skye. They are...
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    lyrics mention locations the road passes, including (in order): the Cuillin Hills, Tummel, Loch Rannoch, Lochaber, Shiel, Ailort, Morar, the Skerries...
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    The Cuillin Hills national scenic area....
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    Glen Sligachan in the south east. It includes most of the peaks of the Cuillin hills including Sgurr Alasdair, the highest point on the island at 992 metres...
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    Highland Assynt-Coigach Ben Nevis and Glen Coe (part) Cairngorms (part) Cuillin Hills Dornoch Firth Glen Affric Glen Strathfarrar Kintail Knoydart Kyle of...
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    to the south. The name is derived from two Gaelic elements: Cnap meaning hill and Dall meaning field. Knapdale gives its name to the Knapdale National...
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    the hills are not high. There is an intimacy of scale reinforced by the strong human influence of well managed farmland and woodland but the hill tops...
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    surprising variety of landscapes. It is enclosed by abrupt rounded granitic hills clad in heather moor and scree, their Gaelic names of cnoc, meall and creag...
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    form of cattle and drove them to Coire na Creiche, overlooking the Cuillin hills. Here the Macleods mustered themselves, led by Alasdair, brother of...
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    Bibcode:1986GeoJ...85..217B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.1986.tb05180.x. "Skye – Cuillin Hills". scottishgeology.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014....
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    rocks are relatively resistant to erosion and now form the Cuillin hills. The Black Cuillin are formed of gabbro, which erodes to form the characteristically...
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    unveiled on a rocky knoll opposite the Sligachan Hotel, overlooking the Cuillin Hills, in September 2020. Baly, E. C. C. (1943). "John Norman Collie. 1859–1942"...
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