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Baggers Album ->Scotland->16c->Thoraraidh
Creag Thoraraidh from the Ord of Caithness
| The trigpoint, summit a swelling beyond and the striking profile of Morven |
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| The Summit, and Morven. |
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Thoraraidh
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Ideal for breaking a journey north and a quick stroll from the elbow on the notorious Ord of Caithness road. Its a good viewpoint for the Caithness hills as well as giving a fine view of the Moray Firth and Cairngorms. I was lucky in that there was a prolonged dry spell in progress and was able to completye a dry foot ascent in trainers. Judging by the vegetation this is probably unusual. The trig is not the summit, higher if not drier ground can be found a few hundred metres along a fence, away from the collections of masts that are scattered about. As there are other hills about with similar heights, the marilyn summit could well move in future. |
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