Cairn Toul
1291 m in Aberdeenshire. The nearest trig pillar stands on Ben Macdui [Beinn Macduibh], 3.1 km away.
- Height
- 1291 m
- Drop
- 166 m
- Position
- 57.05441, -3.71076
- DoBIH number
- 521
The hill
The 4th highest in Scotland.
1291 m, with 166 m of drop — 1317th 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 Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Munro.
On the ground
In the log book · page 171
The page for your Cairn Toul 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 Ben Macdui [Beinn Macduibh], station PP302, 3.1 km away.
Ben MacdhuiAlso on
2 lists.
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