Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Beinn Lair

859 m

2,818 ftDrop 455 mNG 981 732

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn Lair859A' Mhaighdean965.8Meall Mheinnidh721.8Ruadh Stac Mor918.7Slioch981.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn Lair859A' Mhaighdean965.8Meall Mheinnidh721.8
Looking north, 149 km wide, heights ×45 (method).

Beinn Lair is a Corbett of 859 m in Highland. It sits below A' Mhaighdean, only 3.1 km to the north-east and 106.8 m higher.

It shares its height of 859 m with Caisteal Abhail and Crinkle Crags – Long Top. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Caisteal Abhail (859 m) and Carn Dearg Mor (857.4 m). The higher hill nearest to it, A' Mhaighdean, is a Munro, 3.1 km to the north-east.

To scale

Summit859 mKey col404 mdrop 455 msea level
Key col NG 976 746, 1.5 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

859 m362nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

455 m234th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.1 km562nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    A' Mhaighdean3.1 km north-east
    965.8 m
  2. 2
    Meall Mheinnidh3.1 km north-west
    721.8 m
  3. 3
    Ruadh Stac Mor4.4 km north-east
    918.7 m
  4. 4
    Slioch4.8 km south-east
    981.2 m
1234Meall MheinnidhRuadh Stac MorSliochN2 km

Lists

  • 80th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 306th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
A' Mhaighdean, 965.8 m, 3.1 km north-east
Region
14A: Loch Maree to Loch Broom
OS map
19
Summit
3m high cairn
DoBIH no.
1026
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn Lair

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures