Scotland
Carn Tarsuinn Beag
516M
1693FT
About Carn Tarsuinn Beag
Tucked into the rugged fringes of the Fisherfield Forest, this modest heathery peak offers a quiet, lonesome experience away from the main Munro circuits. The terrain is typical of the remote West Ross interior—undulating, often boggy, and wild—serving as a fine vantage point to appreciate the scale of the surrounding massifs.
Key Statistics
Rank
230th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Data coming soon
Prominence
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26
Nearest Town
Achnaconeran
Geology
You are walking across the Tarvie Psammite Formation. This sturdy landscape is made of a hard, gritty rock that originally formed from layers of ancient sand.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Carn an Ruighe Dhuibh East Top
Carn an Ruighe Dhuibh
Carn an Tuairneir
Carn an Tuairneir
Carn a' Mheallain Odhair
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NH386205
Latitude
57.2466°N
Longitude
4.6766°W
Did You Know?
- •The name Carn Tarsuinn Beag translates from Gaelic as 'Little Cross Hill' or 'Little Transverse Hill', a reference to its orientation lying across the natural grain of the local ridge system.
- •The summit provides a distinct perspective on the jagged spires of An Teallach to the north-northwest and the long, high wall of the Fannichs stretching out across the eastern horizon.
- •Situated in a remote pocket of land between the Fannichs and the Great Wilderness, the hill is far from any public road, requiring a long approach that underscores the isolation of the Wester Ross interior.
- •The label 'Beag'—meaning little—is strictly a relative term; while it is dwarfed by its neighbours, the ascent involves exactly the same quantity of trackless peat bog as any of the nearby Munros.