Scotland · Cairngorms National Park

Carn an t-Sagairt Beag

Munro TopSimmMurdo

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
1044.3 m · 3,426 ft
Grid reference
NO 21660 84854
Coordinates
56.94835, -3.28946
County / area
Aberdeenshire
OS Landranger
44
OS Explorer
OL53N 388N
Summit feature
large rock near shelter
Key col
NO220852 (1003 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 56.948, -3.289. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (1044 m)…

Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is large rock near shelter. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica RX1250
Record revised
03-Aug-13
Drop measured from
NO220852 · 1003 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.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Carn an t-Sagairt Beag
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
The Bothy BraemarRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass9.2 km · NW
The Plaice To Be In BraemarTakeaway/sandwich shopPass9.2 km · NW
Farquharson's Bar And KitchenPub/bar/nightclubPass9.2 km · NW

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Carn an t-Sagairt Beag is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag (1,156 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 1,003 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
Carn an t-Sagairt Mor1047 m1 km
Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach1109.9 m1.1 km
Eagles Rock1049.2 m2.3 km
Cairn Bannoch1011.1 m2.4 km
Fafernie998.8 m2.5 km
Creag a' Ghlas-uillt1066.9 m2.6 km