Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of An Soutar
Height: 680m / 2231ft • Prominence: 50m / 164ft • Summit : cairn on outcrop • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Mellow reflected
20-Sep-20 • Tony Shertila • flickr
scotland britain cannich europe glencannich invernesshire reflection rivercannich triver water ©2020tonysherratt 20200920173852 tree 50449738346
Highland Double take
20-Sep-20 • Tony Shertila • flickr
scotland britain cannich europe glencannich invernesshire reflection rivercannich triver water ©2020tonysherratt 20200920173856 50542627668
Loch Carrie is located a third of the way up Glen Cannich as the mountains, lochs and grandeur visibly grow, North-West Highlands, Scotland.
Commentary. Once, all three of the largest Inverness-shire glens, running west to east, Strathfarrar, Cannich and Affric, looked like this. Then, each in turn, during the 1950’s and 1960’s had part of their length dammed to produce reservoirs for Hydro-Electric Power. These glens are often regarded as the most beautiful in the Highlands and they formed a huge and key part of the Caledonian Forest, largely made up the splendid and native Scots Pine. Only the far western end of Strathfarrar was dammed to create Loch Monar, the rest is still stunningly beautiful. It could be argued that a large part of Glen Affric was enhanced in aesthetic splendour when a dam created Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin. Some rocky, wooded roche moutonnée and drumlins in the centre of the glen have become idyllic freshwater islands. With this image, again, the eastern end of Glen Cannich is still a natural wonderland. Only the western end has been drowned to form the huge Loch Mullardoch. Indeed, this image looks east from Mullardoch dam and typifies its rugged, but colourful beauty. Due to sheep grazing, timber production and the planting of hundreds of thousands of acres of fast-growing pines and spruces, the Caledonian Forest of noble, native Scots Pines, declined drastically. There are now sterling attempts by ecologists and nature-lovers to re-wild many glens with this wondrous, stately species. All the Highlands, up to 2,000 feet, was, and should be wooded, mostly by Scots Pine and the other true native tree, the Silver Birch. If their numbers revive massively then Scotland’s landscape and ecosystems will benefit immensely and by increasing the carbon store will reduce the damaging consequences of excessive global warming.
05-Apr-15 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
52397824216
2006-11-n3-9644-r
Photograph by Peter Asprey at Lat/Long:57.359800/-4.882967 near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
24-Nov-06 • dolphinpix • flickr
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2006-11-n3-9645-r
Photograph by Peter Asprey at Lat/Long:57.359783/-4.882567 near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
24-Nov-06 • dolphinpix • flickr
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2006-11-n3-9646-r
Photograph by Peter Asprey at Lat/Long:57.359783/-4.882567 near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
24-Nov-06 • dolphinpix • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Mellow reflected
20-Sep-20 • Tony Shertila • flickr
scotland britain cannich europe glencannich invernesshire reflection rivercannich triver water ©2020tonysherratt 20200920173852 tree 50449738346
Highland Double take
20-Sep-20 • Tony Shertila • flickr
scotland britain cannich europe glencannich invernesshire reflection rivercannich triver water ©2020tonysherratt 20200920173856 50542627668
Loch Carrie is located a third of the way up Glen Cannich as the mountains, lochs and grandeur visibly grow, North-West Highlands, Scotland.
Commentary. Once, all three of the largest Inverness-shire glens, running west to east, Strathfarrar, Cannich and Affric, looked like this. Then, each in turn, during the 1950’s and 1960’s had part of their length dammed to produce reservoirs for Hydro-Electric Power. These glens are often regarded as the most beautiful in the Highlands and they formed a huge and key part of the Caledonian Forest, largely made up the splendid and native Scots Pine. Only the far western end of Strathfarrar was dammed to create Loch Monar, the rest is still stunningly beautiful. It could be argued that a large part of Glen Affric was enhanced in aesthetic splendour when a dam created Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin. Some rocky, wooded roche moutonnée and drumlins in the centre of the glen have become idyllic freshwater islands. With this image, again, the eastern end of Glen Cannich is still a natural wonderland. Only the western end has been drowned to form the huge Loch Mullardoch. Indeed, this image looks east from Mullardoch dam and typifies its rugged, but colourful beauty. Due to sheep grazing, timber production and the planting of hundreds of thousands of acres of fast-growing pines and spruces, the Caledonian Forest of noble, native Scots Pines, declined drastically. There are now sterling attempts by ecologists and nature-lovers to re-wild many glens with this wondrous, stately species. All the Highlands, up to 2,000 feet, was, and should be wooded, mostly by Scots Pine and the other true native tree, the Silver Birch. If their numbers revive massively then Scotland’s landscape and ecosystems will benefit immensely and by increasing the carbon store will reduce the damaging consequences of excessive global warming.
05-Apr-15 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
52397824216
2006-11-n3-9644-r
Photograph by Peter Asprey at Lat/Long:57.359800/-4.882967 near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
24-Nov-06 • dolphinpix • flickr
geotagged unitedkingdom muchrachd 195kmtomuchrachdinunitedkingdom geo:lat=57359800 geo:lon=4882967 2130770797
2006-11-n3-9645-r
Photograph by Peter Asprey at Lat/Long:57.359783/-4.882567 near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
24-Nov-06 • dolphinpix • flickr
geotagged unitedkingdom muchrachd 193kmtomuchrachdinunitedkingdom geo:lat=57359783 geo:lon=4882567 2130770963
2006-11-n3-9646-r
Photograph by Peter Asprey at Lat/Long:57.359783/-4.882567 near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
24-Nov-06 • dolphinpix • flickr
geotagged unitedkingdom muchrachd 193kmtomuchrachdinunitedkingdom geo:lat=57359783 geo:lon=4882567 2130771117
2006-11-n3-9648-r
Photograph by Peter Asprey at Lat/Long:57.359700/-4.882233 near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
24-Nov-06 • dolphinpix • flickr
geotagged unitedkingdom muchrachd 191kmtomuchrachdinunitedkingdom geo:lat=57359700 geo:lon=4882233 2130771279
2004-09-n1-001-3379
Photograph taken by Peter Asprey at Latitude/Longitude:57.359517/-4.885400 Near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
27-Sep-04 • dolphinpix • flickr
geotagged unitedkingdom muchrachd 210kmtomuchrachdinunitedkingdom geo:lat=57359517 geo:lon=4885400 2089129411
2004-09-n1-001-3380
Photograph taken by Peter Asprey at Latitude/Longitude:57.359550/-4.885233 Near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
27-Sep-04 • dolphinpix • flickr
geotagged unitedkingdom muchrachd 209kmtomuchrachdinunitedkingdom geo:lat=57359550 geo:lon=4885233 2089129521
2004-09-n1-001-3381
Photograph taken by Peter Asprey at Latitude/Longitude:57.359550/-4.885233 Near Muchrachd in the United Kingdom
27-Sep-04 • dolphinpix • flickr
geotagged unitedkingdom muchrachd 209kmtomuchrachdinunitedkingdom geo:lat=57359550 geo:lon=4885233 2089917992
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.