Fells/Uamh Bheag
Scotland

Uamh Bheag

666M
2184FT
Rank
4th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
West Bracklinn

About Uamh Bheag

Sitting just south of the Highland Boundary Fault, this is the highest point of the rolling Glen Artney Hills. It is a sprawling, often boggy moorland massif that rewards walkers with an expansive outlook over the Carse of Stirling towards the Ochils and the rugged Trossachs peaks to the northwest.

Key Statistics

Rank
4th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
West Bracklinn
Prominence
?
325m
Geology
You are walking on the Teith Sandstone Formation. It is made of conglomerate, a rock of rounded pebbles and stones naturally cemented together like solid concrete.
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Did You Know?

  • •The name is Gaelic for 'Small Cave,' referring to the recesses found in the sandstone and conglomerate crags on the hill’s eastern slopes.
  • •For decades, the Graham and Donald status was uncertain; a 2017 survey finally proved the western top to be 2.4 metres higher than the eastern top where the Ordnance Survey trig pillar sits.
  • •The true summit is marked by a cairn and a wooden fencepost featuring a face carved into the timber, staring out across the moorland.
  • •The summit offers a clear contrast in Scottish geography, looking south over the industrial Forth Valley and Wallace Monument, and north to the immediate high wall of the Ben Vorlich and Stùc a' Chroin massif.
  • •The carved face on the summit post serves as a silent, wooden rebuke to anyone who stops at the trig pillar and assumes they have finished the climb.

Find It

OS Grid Reference
NN691118
Latitude
56.2810°N
Longitude
4.1157°W

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