Ben Loyal

Ben Loyal
Ben Loyal from the north. An Caisteal is the jagged peak second from the left.
Elevation	764 m (2,507 ft)
Prominence	609 m (1,998 ft)
Parent peak	Ben Hope
Listing	Corbett, Marilyn
Translation	Hill of the level top (Norse)
Pronunciation	English: /ˌbɛn ˈlɔɪ.əl/
Location
Location	Sutherland, Scotland
Topo map	OS Landranger 10
OS grid	NC578488

Ben Loyal is an isolated mountain of 764 m in Sutherland, the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands. It is a Corbett located south of the Kyle of Tongue, and provides good views of the Kyle, Loch Loyal to the east, and Ben Hope to the west.

Ben Loyal is composed chiefly of granite, and has a distinctive shape due to the four rocky peaks, the highest of which is called An Caisteal. To the north of An Caisteal is the 712 m Sgòr Chaonasaid, to the south is Bheinn Bheag (744 m), which cannot be seen in the photograph opposite, and to the west is the ridge of Sgòr a Chèirich, 644 m at its highest point. The fourth peak in the picture is the 568 m Sgòr Fionnaich.

Access

Ben Loyal is a part of Ben Loyal Estate, owned by the Chamberlain Count Adam Knuth of Knuthenborg, Denmark. Access is by a farm track which approaches from the north, starting at a farm called Ribigill (rented until the early 20th century by the family of British actor David Mitchell ).

See also

• Geology of Scotland
• Mountain bagging