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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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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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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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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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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Trossachs (section Hills and lochs)
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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Hebrides, Arran are all very well-regarded for their hills and mountains. Skye's Black Cuillin, composed of basalt and rough gabbro, is generally regarded...
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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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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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The Cuillin Hills national scenic area....
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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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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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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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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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[ᵲu(.ə) ən t̪uːnən]) is an uninhabited peninsula to the south of the Cuillin hills on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It contains unique archaeological sites...
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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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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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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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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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covers 13,045 ha, and extends to the summits of the hills on either side of the loch, as well as the hills surrounding Glen Hurich and the monument at Glenfinnan...
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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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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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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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Glen Coe (category Mountains and hills of the Central Highlands)
drove road north across the hills to Kinlochleven. The Glencoe ski centre, also known as the "White Corries", is on the hill of Meall a' Bhuiridh (1,108 m [3...
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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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Cairngorms (category Mountains and hills of the Eastern Highlands)
mountains translates to English as the "red hills" whilst their English name is the "blue hills" or the "green hills". The Cairngorms consist of three large...
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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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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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