Scotland
Beinn Chuirn South Top
773M
2536FT
About Beinn Chuirn South Top
Sitting on the rugged southern shoulder of its parent Corbett near Tyndrum, this high Tump offers a quiet vantage point above the Cononish glen. The terrain is typically West Highland—rough grass and boggy patches—providing a commanding perspective of Ben Lui’s dramatic northeast corrie directly across the deep valley.
Key Statistics
Rank
87th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Prominence
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42m
Nearest Town
Stirling
Geology
You are walking on the Leven Schist Formation, where mud and silt were squeezed into tough, layered rock by intense heat and pressure.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NN274284
Latitude
56.4162°N
Longitude
4.7995°W
Did You Know?
- •The name Beinn Chuirn is derived from the Gaelic 'Beinn Chùirn', meaning 'mountain of the cairns', referring to the stony features found across this massif.
- •The slopes below this summit are home to the Cononish Gold Mine, Scotland's only commercial gold mine, where precious metals are extracted from quartz veins within the Dalradian metamorphic rocks.
- •The summit offers one of the most intimate views of Ben Lui's Coire Gaothach, allowing walkers to trace the classic winter climbing lines and the jagged ridge of Stob Garbh without the crowds of the main Munro circuit.
- •While the main peak is celebrated for its cairns, the South Top suggests the original namers ran out of stones—or perhaps enthusiasm—by the time they reached this particular sub-summit.