Creag Ghlas Laggan

Coordinates: 55°41′56″N 5°13′12″W / 55.69889°N 5.22000°W / 55.69889; -5.22000
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Creag Ghlas Laggan
Fionn Bhealach
View towards Jura from the summit
Highest point
Elevation444 m (1,457 ft)[1]
Prominence241 m (791 ft)
Parent peakCaisteal Abhail
ListingMarilyn
Naming
Language of nameGaelic
Geography
LocationIsle of Arran, Scotland
OS gridNR977497
Topo mapOS Landranger 69

Creag Ghlas Laggan (also known as Fionn Bhealach) is a hill on the Isle of Arran in south-western Scotland. It is the highest point of the seven-mile-long ridge of land that runs north-west to south-east between the A841 road and the Sound of Bute in the north-eastern part of the island. It is classed as a Marilyn (a hill with topographic prominence of at least 150 metres or 490 feet).

The best way up in terms of scenery is to follow the well-trodden and easily graded path from Lochranza to Bearradh Tom a' Muidhe at grid ref 962508, and strike south-east up the ridge from there. The shortest way up is a straight line from the parking area at Boguillie at grid ref 973483.

The hill has a remarkable variety of geology. On its north-western slopes is the famous Hutton's Unconformity in the Dalradian metasediments. On the north-east shore can be found Carboniferous limestone and Permian desert deposits. At the south-eastern end is some Devonian Old Red Sandstone.

Creag Ghlas Laggan has views towards Caisteal Abhail and the other peaks such as Goat Fell.

References

  1. ^ "Creag Ghlas Laggan". hillbagging.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

55°41′56″N 5°13′12″W / 55.69889°N 5.22000°W / 55.69889; -5.22000