Summit Register

Munro · Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

The Cairnwell

933 m

3,061 ftDrop 127.1 mNO 134 773

Finder: 4 Munros in Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmThe Cairnwell933Carn Aosda915.3Carn a' Gheoidh976.1Glas Maol1,067.7Creag Leacach988.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmThe Cairnwell933Carn Aosda915.3Carn a' Gheoidh976.1
Looking north, 108 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

The Cairnwell is a Munro of 933 m in Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross. It shares its height of 933 m with Maol Chean-dearg and Fionn Bheinn.

On the Munros height ladder it sits between Maol Chean-dearg (933 m) and Fionn Bheinn (933 m). It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 127.1 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Carn a' Gheoidh, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit933 mKey col805.9 msea level
Key col NO 1272 7812, 1.1 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

933 m245th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

127.1 m924th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.9 km596th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carn Aosda1.8 km north
    915.3 m
  2. 2
    Carn a' Gheoidh2.9 km west
    976.1 m
  3. 3
    Glas Maol3.3 km east
    1,067.7 m
  4. 4
    Creag Leacach3.4 km south-east
    988.2 m
1234Carn AosdaCarn a' GheoidhGlas MaolCreag LeacachN2 km

Lists

  • 245th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Carn a' Gheoidh, 976.1 m, 2.9 km west
Parent Marilyn
Carn a' Gheoidh
Region
06B: Pitlochry to Braemar & Blairgowrie
OS map
43
Summit
Huge cairn
DoBIH no.
435
Map of Britain and Ireland marking The Cairnwell

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