Uamh Bheag

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Uamh Bheag
Highest point
Elevation665.8 m (2,184 ft)[1]
Prominence325 m (1,066 ft)[2]
ListingMa,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,D,DN,Y[3]
Naming
English translationScottish Gaelic: 'Little Cave'
Geography
Map
LocationStirlingshire, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Parent rangeGlen Artney Hills, Southern Uplands
OS gridNN 69118 11846
Topo mapOS Landranger 57

Uamh Bheag is a hill in the Glen Artney Hills range immediately south of the Highland Boundary Fault, part of the Central Lowlands of Scotland. The highest hill of the range, the summit is twin-topped; the lower east top has a trig point. Until 2017, it was not certain which hill was higher, and subsequently which was the Donald and Graham. That year, a survey was conducted which proved the west top to be approximately 2.4m higher.[1] The true summit is currently marked with a cairn and a face carved out of a wooden fencepost, extending from it. It is normally ascended with neighbouring Beinn nan Eun from Glen Artney itself.[2]

Subsidiary SMC Summits

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Summit Height (m) Listing[3]
Meall Clachach 618.8 DT,sSim[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Surveys of Uamh Bheag and Uamh Bheag East Top" (PDF). www.hill-bagging.co.uk. 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Uamh Bheag". www.hill-bagging.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Database of British and Irish Hills: user guide". www.hills-database.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Meall Clachach". www.hill-bagging.co.uk.

56°16′52″N 4°06′56″W / 56.281023°N 4.11566°W / 56.281023; -4.11566