Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Beinn a' Bhuird South Top

Munro TopSimmMurdo

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Beinn a' Bhuird South Top, 1179 m, Aberdeenshire
Beinn a' Bhuird South Top, 1179 m, Aberdeenshire. Photo by TheCreator, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Height
1178.5 m · 3,866 ft
Grid reference
NO 09189 98601
Coordinates
57.06952, -3.49935
County / area
Aberdeenshire
OS Landranger
36 43
OS Explorer
OL58S 404S
Summit feature
granite slab
Key col
NO 0889 9912 (1129 m)

Access rights here

Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.

Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland · check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Civil twilight ends

Computed astronomically for 57.070, -3.499. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

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Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

summit is 30m SW of OS spot height.

The recorded summit point is granite slab. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica NA320/Leica RX1250
Record revised
11-Jul-21
Drop measured from
NO 0889 9912 · 1129 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Which hill this one belongs to

Beinn a' Bhuird South Top is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Beinn a' Bhuird (1,196 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 1,129 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Beinn a' Bhuird 1196 m 2 km
Cnap a' Chleirich 1172.6 m 2.9 km
Carn Eas 1087.9 m 3.1 km
Beinn Bhreac 930.3 m 3.6 km
Creag an Dail Mhor 972 m 4 km
Beinn Bhreac West Top 927.9 m 4.1 km