Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Cairn Toul

1,292.4 m

4,240 ftDrop 167 mNN 963 972

Finder: 14 Munros in Aberdeenshire

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCairn Toul1,292.4Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258The Devil's Point1,006.9Braeriach1,295.5Ben Macdui1,309.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCairn Toul1,292.4Sgor an Lochain Uaine1,258The Devil's Point1,006.9
Looking north, 97 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Cairn Toul is a Munro of 1,292.4 m in Aberdeenshire. It is the highest of the 28 register hills recorded in Aberdeenshire; the next is Sgor an Lochain Uaine at 1,258 m, 34.4 m lower.

Only three of the register's Scotland hills are higher. It is the 4th highest Munro. It is 363.3 m above the average height of the 28 register hills in Aberdeenshire. The database describes the top as a large cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 36 and 43.

To scale

Summit1,292.4 mKey col1,125 msea level
Key col NN 946 975, 1.7 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

1,292.4 m4th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

167 m807th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.9 km596th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgor an Lochain Uaine1.0 km north-west
    1,258 m
  2. 2
    The Devil's Point2.5 km south-east
    1,006.9 m
  3. 3
    Braeriach2.9 km north
    1,295.5 m
  4. 4
    Ben Macdui3.1 km north-east
    1,309.3 m
1234BraeriachBen MacduiN2 km

Lists

  • 4th highest of 282 Munros
  • 4th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Braeriach, 1,295.5 m, 2.9 km north
Region
08A: Cairngorms
OS map
36, 43
Summit
Large cairn
DoBIH no.
521
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cairn Toul

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