- Ben Loyal
Infobox Mountain
Name = Ben Loyal
Photo = BenLoyal.jpg
Caption = Ben Loyal from the north. An Caisteal is the jagged peak second from the left.
Elevation = 764 m (2,483 ft)
Location =Assynt ,Scotland
Range =
Prominence = 609 m
Parent peak =Ben Hope
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 10
Type =
First ascent =
Easiest route =
Grid_ref_UK = NC578488
Listing = Corbett, Marilyn
Translation = Hill of the level top
Language = Norse
Pronunciation = bɛn lɪjəlBen Loyal is an isolated mountain of 764 m in
Sutherland , the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands. It is a Corbett located south of theKyle of Tongue , and provides good views of the Kyle, Loch Loyal to the east, andBen Hope to the west.It has a distinctive shape due to the four rocky peaks, the highest of which is called An Caisteal. To the north of An Caisteal is the 712 m Sgòr Chaonasaid, to the south is Bheinn Bheag (744 m), which cannot be seen in the photograph opposite, and to the west is the ridge of Sgòr a Chèirich, 644 m at its highest point. The fourth peak in the picture is the 568 m Sgòr Fionnaich.
Access is by a farm track which approaches from the north, starting at a farm called Ribigill.
Ben Loyal is composd chiefly of
granite .Ben Loyal is a part of Ben Loyal Estate, owned by the Chamberlain Count Adam Knuth of Knuthenborg, Denmark
ee also
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Geology of the United Kingdom
*Mountain bagging
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