Beinn Bhrotain
4 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 1157 m · 3,796 ft
- Prominence
- 258 m
- Grid reference
- NN 95414 92283
- Coordinates
- 57.00987, -3.72380
- County / area
- Aberdeenshire
- Region
- Cairngorms
- OS Landranger
- 43
- OS Explorer
- OL57S 403S
- Summit feature
- trig point
- Key col
- NN937958 (899 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 57.010, -3.724. 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
ground 10m N at NN 95414 92289 and 25m N at NN 95420 92305 are as high.
The recorded summit point is trig point. 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
- NN937958 · 899 m
Classification history: summit surveyed at 1157.0m.
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
The Beinn Bhrotain group
2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Beinn Bhrotain as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Monadh Mor | 1,113 m | 139 m |
| Carn Cloich-mhuilinn | 942 m | 75 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carn Cloich-mhuilinn | 942.1 m | 2.2 km |
| Monadh Mor | 1113.4 m | 2.5 km |
| The Devil's Point | 1006.9 m | 3.6 km |
| Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir | 1213 m | 4.2 km |
| Tom Dubh | 919.8 m | 4.4 km |
| Cairn Toul | 1291 m | 5 km |