Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Angus, Scotland

Cairn Bannoch

1,011.1 m

3,317 ftDrop 76 mNO 222 825

Finder: 5 Munros in Aberdeenshire, Angus

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCairn Bannoch1,011.1Broad Cairn997.1Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,109.9Carn an t-Sagairt Mor1,047Tolmount957.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCairn Bannoch1,011.1Broad Cairn997.1Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach1,109.9
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Cairn Bannoch is a Munro of 1,011.1 m in Aberdeenshire, Angus. Of the register hills in Aberdeenshire, Angus, only Cairn of Claise stands higher.

Its key col leads to Lochnagar – Cac Carn Beag, not to its nearest higher summit, Eagles Rock. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 76 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Eagles Rock (1,049.2 m, 1.9 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit1,011.1 mKey col935 msea level
Key col NO 211 835, 1.5 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,011.1 m119th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

76 m1000th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.9 km817th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Broad Cairn2.0 km south-east
    997.1 m
  2. 21,109.9 m
  3. 3
    Carn an t-Sagairt Mor2.3 km north-west
    1,047 m
  4. 4
    Tolmount2.8 km south-west
    957.8 m
1234Broad CairnTolmountN1 km

Lists

  • 119th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Eagles Rock, 1,049.2 m, 1.9 km north-east
Region
07A: Braemar to Montrose
OS map
44
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
468
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cairn Bannoch

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). How high are the Munros?