Tighvein

Tighvein is a hill above Lamlash on the Isle of Arran in western Scotland. It is a Marilyn and the highest point on the south-eastern section of the island, south-east of the pass of Monamore Glen.

Photo: William Bartlett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carn Ban and Meallach’s Grave,long cairn,Monamore Glen.

Carn Ban

Archaeological site

Photo: David G Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carn Ban is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.

Meallach’s Grave,long cairn,Monamore Glen

Archaeological site

Photo: Alan Murray Walsh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Meallach’s Grave,long cairn,Monamore Glen is an archaeological site.

Eas Geal

Waterfall

Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lamlash and Whiting Bay.

Lamlash is a town on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It lies three miles south of the island's main settlement and ferry port Brodick, in a sheltered bay on the island's east coast, facing the Holy Isle.

Whiting Bay

Village

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whiting Bay is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland four miles south of Lamlash and eight miles south of Brodick. With more than 600 inhabitants it's the third largest village on the island of Arran, behind Lamlash and Brodick.

Kilmory

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kilmory is a small village on the south coast of the Isle of Arran, located on the coastal road between Lagg and Kildonan. Kilmory is also the parish of the western side of the Isle of Arran.

Tighvein

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,503 feet
Description: mountain in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.49979° or 55° 29′ 59″ north

Longitude

-5.16989° or 5° 10′ 12″ west

Elevation

1,503 feet (458 metres)

Open location code

9C7PFRXJ+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1132414374

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

2635838

Wikidata ID

Q7801662

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Tighvein” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Тигхвеин”
Cebuano: “Tighvein”
Dutch: “Tighvein”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تيجڤين”
Ladin: “Tighvein”
Swedish: “Tighvein”

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