Càrn Mòr
Càrn Mòr is the highest mountain of the Ladder Hills on the border of Aberdeenshire and Moray, Scotland. It is located northeast of the Cairngorm Mountains near Strathdon. It rises high above Glenlivet in an area once renowned for its whisky smuggling.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,638 feet
- Description: 804m-high mountain in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Carn Mor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scalan and Lecht, Ironstone Mine.
Scalan
Museum
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Scalan was a Scottish Catholic seminary and one of the few places in Scotland where the Catholic faith was kept alive during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the 18th century.
Lecht, Ironstone Mine
Industrial building
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lecht, Ironstone Mine is an industrial building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cock Bridge and Tomintoul.
Cock Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cock Bridge is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located in the Cairngorms National Park, on the A939 road near Corgarff and Corgarff Castle, between Bellabeg at Strathdon in Aberdeenshire, on the road to the Lecht Ski Centre, and towards Tomintoul in Moray. Cock Bridge is situated 6 miles south of Càrn Mòr.
Tomintoul
Village
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tomintoul is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland in the historic county of Banffshire. Within Cairngorms National Park, the village lies close to the banks of the River Avon and is said by some to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, although at 345 m it is still much lower than the highest village in Scotland. Tomintoul is situated 6 miles west of Càrn Mòr.
Lost
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lost is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies 40 miles west of Aberdeen in the Cairngorm mountains. The hamlet is situated near the village of Bellabeg where the Water of Nochty feeds into the River Don. Lost is situated 6 miles southeast of Càrn Mòr.
Càrn Mòr
- Categories: hill, mountain, and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.2498° or 57° 14′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.2183° or 3° 13′ 6″ westElevation
2,638 feet (804 metres)Open location code
9C9R6QXJ+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1537482001OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Càrn Mòr” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Càrn Mòr”
- Dutch: “Càrn Mòr (kulle)”
- Swedish: “Càrn Mòr (kulle)”
- Swedish: “Càrn Mòr”
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