Scotland
Carn Fiaclach
749M
2457FT
About Carn Fiaclach
Rising above the remote upper reaches of Glen Bruar, this rounded heathery top offers a quiet escape from the busier Atholl Munros. It is a place of peat hags and expansive moorland, best reached from Blair Atholl. The summit provides a clear, direct perspective of the vast Beinn a' Ghlo massif to the east.
Key Statistics
Rank
45th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Lochaber
Prominence
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40.3m
Nearest Town
Kinloch Rannoch
Geology
You are hiking across ancient layers of hardened sandstone and lime-rich mudstone, cut through by narrow bands of volcanic rock.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NN660621
Latitude
56.7313°N
Longitude
4.1918°W
Did You Know?
- •The name Carn Fiaclach is derived from the Gaelic 'Càrn', meaning a stony hill, and 'Fiaclach', meaning 'toothed' or 'jagged', likely referring to the small rocky outcrops scattered across its summit plateau.
- •Situated deep within the Atholl Forest, the hill is most frequently climbed as a secondary peak during a long traverse of the high ground between Glen Bruar and Glen Tilt.
- •From the summit, you can look across to the 'Minigaig', an ancient and notoriously high-altitude drove road that once provided a direct, albeit weather-beaten, route for traders heading north toward Speyside.
- •The hill provides an exceptional vantage point for viewing the three distinct peaks of the Beinn a' Ghlo massif—Càrn nan Gabhar, Bràigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain, and Càrn Liath—which dominate the eastern horizon.
- •While the name suggests a 'toothed' mountain, visitors are more likely to find the terrain defined by the impressive depth of its peat hags, which require more dental-like precision to navigate than the rocks themselves.