Carn Cloich-mhuilinn

Once classified as a Munro in its own right, this stony shoulder of Beinn Bhrotain sits deep within the Cairngorm wilderness. Accessed via a long approach from Linn of Dee, its granite-strewn slopes offer a quiet, expansive perspective over the remote upper reaches of Glen Dee and the towering cliffs of Cairn Toul.

• •The name translates from Gaelic as 'Cairn of the Millstone'. It is believed that the hard, abrasive granite found on its slopes was once specifically sought out and quarried to produce millstones for local estates.
• •Until 1981, this summit was a Munro in its own right. It lost its status during a revision of the tables when the Scottish Mountaineering Club decided it lacked sufficient separation from its parent peak, Beinn Bhrotain.
• •The summit provides an exceptional perspective of the Lairig Ghru's southern entrance, looking directly across the trench of the Dee towards the dramatic rock architecture of The Devil’s Point and the Garbh Choire.
• •It is most frequently climbed as part of a long circuit from the Linn of Dee, passing the waterfalls at the Chest of Dee before ascending the hill's broad southern ridge.
• •For those who 'bagged' it before 1981, it remains a Munro in spirit; for everyone else, it is a very long walk to reach what the map now insists is merely a subsidiary top.