Creag Ghlas Laggan

Creag Ghlas Laggan is a hill on the Isle of Arran in south-western Scotland. It is the highest point of the seven-mile-long ridge of land that runs north-west to south-east between the A841 road and the Sound of Bute in the north-eastern part of the island.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,457 feet
Description: mountain in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Fionn Bhealach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torr Meadhonach and Lochranza distillery.

Torr Meadhonach

Peak

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Torr Meadhonach is a hill 332 metres high at the northernmost part of the Isle of Arran in western Scotland, east of the village of Lochranza.

Lochranza distillery

Distillery

Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochranza distillery is a whisky distillery in Lochranza, Scotland, on the Isle of Arran. It primarily releases its whisky under the Arran name. In 1994 Arran Distillers Ltd. was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochranza and Sannox.

Lochranza

Village

Photo: Markarianuk, Public domain.

The Isle of Arran is part of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west.

Sannox

Village

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sannox is a village on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilbride. The name comes from the name the Vikings gave to the area, Sandvik, meaning the Sandy Bay.