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Ben Loyal
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| Ben Loyal | |
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 Ben Loyal from the north. An Caisteal is the jagged peak second from the left. |
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| Elevation | 764 m (2,483 ft) |
| Location | Assynt, Scotland |
| Prominence | 609 m |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 10 |
| OS grid reference | NC578488 |
| Listing | Corbett, Marilyn |
| Translation | Hill of the level top (Norse) |
| Pronunciation | [bɛn lɔɪjəl] |
Ben Loyal is an isolated mountain of 764 m in Sutherland, the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands. It is a Corbett located south of the Kyle of Tongue, and provides good views of the Kyle, Loch Loyal to the east, and Ben Hope to the west.
It has a distinctive shape due to the four rocky peaks, the highest of which is called An Caisteal. To the north of An Caisteal is the 712 m Sgòr Chaonasaid, to the south is Bheinn Bheag (744 m), which cannot be seen in the photograph opposite, and to the west is the ridge of Sgòr a Chèirich, 644 m at its highest point. The fourth peak in the picture is the 568 m Sgòr Fionnaich.
Access is by a farm track which approaches from the north, starting at a farm called Ribigill.
Ben Loyal is composd chiefly of granite.
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