Broad Cairn
998 m in Aberdeenshire and Angus. The nearest trig pillar stands on Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag, 4.6 km away.
- Height
- 998 m
- Drop
- 64 m
- Position
- 56.91915, -3.24908
- DoBIH number
- 470
The hill
150th of 2,342 by height.
998 m, with 64 m of drop — 1843rd most prominent of the 2,342 hills on a list here. It is tall but not especially prominent: a high point on a bigger ridge rather than a hill standing alone. Classed as Simm and Munro.
On the ground
In the log book · page 160
The page for your Broad Cairn day is already printed.
Its contours, height and rank, the three nearest Munros with their bearings, and the lines to fill in: the date, who was with you, the route, the weather, how it felt on top. One page for each of the 282, in a book that stays on the shelf long after the round is done.
A5 paperback · 282 hill pages · A gift for anyone with a round on the go
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Summit pillar
No pillar on this summit.
The nearest stands on Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag, station NJ40/4, 4.6 km away.
LochnagarAlso on
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