Summit Register

Hills of Moray

Moray (Scotland) has 7 summits in this register, out of 166 hills of all sizes in the Database of British and Irish Hills. The highest is Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray) at 1,182.9 m; the median height is 781.3 m and the median drop 254 m.

On the lists: Marilyns 7 · Corbetts 3 · Grahams 3 · Munros 1

median 781.3 m211111800 m900 m1,000 m1,100 mBeinn Mheadhoin 1,182.9 mmedian 781.3 m22111800 m1,000 mBeinn Mheadhoin 1,182.9 m
All 7 hills of Moray in this register, counted in 25 m height bands (wider bands on small screens).

Moray in brief

Its highest hill, Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray), ranks 12th of the 737 register hills in Scotland. The median hill here is 74.3 m lower than the Scotland median of 855.6 m. The greatest drop belongs not to the highest but to Ben Rinnes, 513 m. For three of its 7 hills the nearest higher summit lies in another county entry, such as Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray), whose nearest higher summit is Cairn Gorm. By main list the hills are three Corbetts, three Grahams and one Munro. Two have a trig point at or by the summit.

Most prominent

Greatest drop above the key col.

  1. Ben Rinnes
    513 m
  2. Creagan a' Chaise
    330 m
  3. Corryhabbie Hill
    280.3 m
  4. Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray)
    254 m
  5. Cook's Cairn
    212.9 m
  6. Creag Mhor (Moray)
    167 m
  7. Cnap Chaochan Aitinn
    157 m

Most isolated

Distance to the nearest higher summit.

  1. Ben Rinnes
    31.5 km
  2. Creagan a' Chaise
    11.5 km
  3. Corryhabbie Hill
    7.1 km
  4. Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray)
    3.1 km
  5. Cook's Cairn
    2.4 km
  6. Creag Mhor (Moray)
    2.2 km
  7. Cnap Chaochan Aitinn
    1.6 km

All 7 hills by height

No.HillHeightDropLists
1Beinn Mheadhoin (Moray)1,182.9 m254 mMunros, MarilynsDrop 254 m
2Creag Mhor (Moray)895 m167 mCorbetts, MarilynsDrop 167 m
3Ben Rinnes840.9 m513 mCorbetts, MarilynsDrop 513 m
4Corryhabbie Hill781.3 m280.3 mCorbetts, MarilynsDrop 280.3 m
5Cook's Cairn755.9 m212.9 mGrahams, MarilynsDrop 212.9 m
6Creagan a' Chaise722.1 m330 mGrahams, MarilynsDrop 330 m
7Cnap Chaochan Aitinn713.1 m157 mGrahams, MarilynsDrop 157 m

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Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.6, CC BY 4.0; counties as recorded in the database. Our own calculations.