Ben More (Crianlarich)

Ben More
Beinn Mhòr
Ben More from Stob Binnein, showing the conical shape of the hill and the tilted rockbands of the mica schist
Highest point
Elevation1,174 m (3,852 ft)[1]
Prominencec. 986 metres (3,235 ft)
Ranked 6th in British Isles
Parent peakBen Nevis
ListingMunro, Marilyn, Council top (Stirling)
Naming
English translationbig mountain
Language of nameGaelic
PronunciationGaelic ˈveiɲ ˈvoːɾ]
Geography
Map
LocationStirlingshire,  Scotland
Parent rangeGrampian Mountains
OS gridNN432244
Topo mapOS Landranger 51, Explorer 365

Ben More (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Mhòr, "the great mountain")[2] is a mountain in the Breadalbane region of the southern Scottish Highlands, near Crianlarich. Rising to 1,174 metres (3,852 ft), it is a Munro and is the highest of the so-called Crianlarich Hills to the south-east of the village. There is no higher land in the British Isles south of Ben More. It is separated from Stob Binnein (1,165 m or 3,822 ft) by the Bealach-eadar-dha Beinn, "col between two mountains". It is the highest peak in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

Ben More's north side contains a long-lasting snow patch, which – uniquely in the Southern Highlands – is named on a 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map, and is called the Cuidhe Chrom (crooked wreath), on account of the shape it forms in late spring/early summer. This patch frequently lasts until well into June and sometimes July. The similar name Cuidhe Cròm appears as a summit near Lochnagar.

  1. ^ "Stob Binnein". Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills (DoBIH). 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Ben More (Stirlingshire)". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland.