- Height
- 972 m · 3,189 ft
- Prominence
- 21 m
- Grid reference
- NO 17591 75951
- Coordinates
- 56.86769, -3.35342
- County / area
- Angus
- Region
- Braemar to Montrose
- OS Landranger
- 43
- OS Explorer
- OL52N OL53S 387N 388S
- Summit feature
- small cairn
- Key col
- NO 1728 7611 (951.1 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
- Sunrise
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- Sunset
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- Daylight
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 56.868, -3.353. 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
small cairn is 20cm higher than cairn 20m SSE at NO 17600 75934.
The recorded summit point is small 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
- 05-Feb-23
- Drop measured from
- NO 1728 7611 · 951.1 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
Little Glas Maol is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Glas Maol (1,068 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 951 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glas Maol | 1067.7 m | 1.1 km |
| Druim Mor | 962 m | 1.9 km |
| Meall Odhar | 922 m | 2.4 km |
| Creag Leacach | 988.2 m | 2.5 km |
| Cairn of Claise | 1063.1 m | 3.1 km |
| Creag Leacach SW Top | 943.7 m | 3.2 km |