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Name:Ben-a-chielt
Hill number:4742
Height:287m / 942ft
Parent (Ma):1150  Morven
RHB Section:16C: Tongue to Wick and Helmsdale
County/UA:Highland
Catchment:Minor Rivers only (North)
Class:Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,2,Y)
Grid ref:ND 19385 37404
Summit feature:ground within 1m of trig point
Drop:133m
Col:154m  ND180393  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 11
(1:25k) 450E 450W
Observations:cairn 360m NNW at ND 19314 37758 is as high
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 26 users)ByDate of Ascent
Superb viewpoint over Caithness even on a cold and grey January morning.Alex C25/01/2024
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: With coinea. Walk up the track spoiled by the debris lying alongside, place seems to be being used as a scrap yard/recycling area.thejackrustles23/02/2023
Parked in a layby at ND18465 37675. Straight up to the summit at the Trig Point, then along a track to the cairn at the N summit. Back down avoiding the little line of cliffs.LizH03/09/2021
up track to mast and on to north topgrumpy16/02/2021
From A9 with S.David Bremner31/07/2018
Covered 3 tops with all the same height. Approached from nearest point on main road.Campbell Singer07/04/2015
Easy walk up track to nab the trig. Took in nearby summit beyond masts just to be sure.BigJ05/04/2015
By track from the south all the way to the trig then out to same height to north.chrisbien01/06/2010
see TrigpointingUK.com, drive-up, great sunset. RHW25/12/2007
danpquinn03/05/2023
georgeh6017/04/2023
mae28/07/2022
AndyS23/07/2022
PeterAH03/09/2021
bjewing25/07/2020
Martin R14/01/2020
thelonious30/07/2016
jimbloomer07/06/2014
Tricky07/06/2014
Alan Whatley07/06/2014
iaindbrown05/06/2014
Lindsay M27/10/2013
Colin Crawford21/09/2012
Arctica13/12/2011
fasgadh18/07/2010
chalky195311/04/2009