Morven

About Morven

Morven, A' Mhòr Bheinn in Gaelic, is the highest point in Caithness — a county that is otherwise generally low-lying, which leaves this conical hill visible from a great many places across it.

It is also among the most prominent mountains seen across the Moray Firth from around Buckie on clear days. The connection shows in local naming: Morven Crescent in Findochty takes its name from the view, Buckpool Golf Club's fifth hole is called Morven, and Morven View recurs as a house name in the Buckie area. A separate Morven stands in Aberdeenshire.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Morven, Caithness (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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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Daylight

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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 58.234, -3.697. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is rock 2m N of cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Abney level

Record revised

03-Jun-24

Drop measured from

NC 7279 3722 · 129.6 m

Classification history: col surveyed by Leica RX1250.

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

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