Beinn a' Chaorainn Bheag
2 classifications here — Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 1016 m · 3,333 ft
- Prominence
- 66.7 m
- Grid reference
- NJ 05727 01708
- Coordinates
- 57.09673, -3.55759
- County / area
- Moray
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 36
- OS Explorer
- OL57S OL58S 403S 404S
- Summit feature
- boulder 8m W of cairn
- Key col
- NJ 0543 0165 (949.3 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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Computed astronomically for 57.097, -3.558. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
boulder is 10-20cm higher than base of cairn.
The recorded summit point is boulder 8m W of cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 29-Mar-23
- Drop measured from
- NJ 0543 0165 · 949.3 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' Chaorainn Bheag is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Beinn a' Chaorainn (1,083 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 949 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Beinn a' Chaorainn | 1083.3 m | 1.3 km |
| Creag Mhor | 895 m | 3.1 km |
| Beinn Mheadhoin | 1182.9 m | 3.3 km |
| Stob Coire Etchachan | 1082 m | 3.4 km |
| Beinn a' Bhuird | 1196 m | 3.7 km |
| A' Choinneach | 1017 m | 4 km |