Scotland
Creag Dhubh Mhor
611M
2005FT
About Creag Dhubh Mhor
Rising above the road between Strathcarron and Achnasheen, this rugged Graham is a quintessential North West Highland outlier. Its gneiss-scarred slopes offer a rough, pathless ascent, rewarding walkers with an intimate perspective of the nearby Torridon giants and the sprawling Monar Forest to the south.
Key Statistics
Rank
148th Highest in Region
Parent Range
North West Highlands
Prominence
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168m
Nearest Town
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Geology
This rugged landscape is built from the Morar Group's psammite, a hard and durable rock once made of ancient sand.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NG982404
Latitude
57.4098°N
Longitude
5.3599°W
Did You Know?
- •The name Creag Dhubh Mhòr translates from Scottish Gaelic as the 'Great Black Crag', a reference to the dark, rock-strewn face the hill presents to the glen below.
- •The summit provides an exceptional view of the southern Torridon hills, specifically the spectacular scree-covered slopes of Fuar Tholl and the quartzite peaks of Beinn Liath Mhòr.
- •The hill is largely composed of Lewisian Gneiss, some of the oldest rock on the planet, which accounts for the intricate, lumpy, and often boggy nature of the terrain.
- •While it is a 'Mhòr' (Great) hill by name, it is a modest one by nature, standing just one metre above the minimum height required to be classified as a Graham.