Summit Register

Corbett · North Ayrshire, Scotland

Cir Mhor

798.1 m

2,618 ftDrop 176.6 mNR 972 431

Finder: 4 Corbetts in North Ayrshire

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCir Mhor798.1Caisteal Abhail859Beinn Tarsuinn826Goatfell875Beinn Bharrain – Mullach Buidhe721.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCir Mhor798.1Caisteal Abhail859Beinn Tarsuinn826
Looking north, 216 km wide, heights ×64 (method).

Cir Mhor is a Corbett of 798.1 m in North Ayrshire. Of the 5 register hills in North Ayrshire, it has the smallest drop.

It shares its height of 798.1 m with Am Bathach. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Am Bathach (798.1 m) and Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (797 m). The highest point is recorded as rock, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 62 and 69.

To scale

Summit798.1 mKey col621.5 msea level
Key col NR 9685 4354, 0.6 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

798.1 m444th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

176.6 m770th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.3 km977th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Caisteal Abhail1.3 km north
    859 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Tarsuinn2.3 km south-west
    826 m
  3. 3
    Goatfell2.4 km south-east
    875 m
  4. 4721.4 m
1234Caisteal AbhailBeinn TarsuinnGoatfellN5 km

Lists

  • 162nd highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 412th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Caisteal Abhail, 859 m, 1.3 km north
Region
20C: Arran and Holy Island
OS map
62, 69
Summit
Rock
DoBIH no.
1475
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cir Mhor

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