Culblean Hill
Culblean Hill is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,985 feet. Culblean Hill is situated nearby to the locality Barglass, as well as near the hamlet Cambus o‘ May.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,985 feet
- Description: hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Culbleen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burn o’ Vat and Morven.
Burn o’ Vat
Cave
Photo: Alasdairaph, CC BY 3.0.
The Burn o' Vat is a mountain stream in Deeside, Scotland, rising on Culblean Hill and flowing into Loch Kinord. The Vat, a pothole of glacial origin, lies upon its course.
Morven
Peak
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morven is a Corbett in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 871 m high. The poet, Lord Byron, who spent some of his childhood in the area, mentions the mountain in his poem, When I Roved a Young Highlander: The Mary mentioned here is Mary Duff, Byron's first love.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tullich and Logie Coldstone.
Tullich
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullich is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is known as the birthplace of St. Nathalan and also as the site of some noted Pictish stones. The church is the site of a ruined church, built in around 1400.
Logie Coldstone
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logie Coldstone is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village lies north of the River Dee, near Tarland in the Cromar, a basin of land cut out of the Grampian foothills between Aboyne and Ballater.
Ballater
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Ballater is a town in Aberdeenshire about 25 miles west of Aberdeen. It grew up as resort town in the Victorian era and in 2022 had a population of 1400.
Culblean Hill
- Categories: mountain, hill, and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.09374° or 57° 5′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.99463° or 2° 59′ 41″ westElevation
1,985 feet (605 metres)Open location code
9C9V32V4+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2418814988OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Culblean Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Culblean Hill”
- Dutch: “Culblean Hill”
- Swedish: “Culblean Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barglass and Cambus o‘ May.
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Highlights include Crannach Hill and Cnoc Dubh.
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