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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 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 26 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Superb viewpoint over Caithness even on a cold and grey January morning. | Alex C | 25/01/2024 |
danpquinn | 03/05/2023 | |
georgeh60 | 17/04/2023 | |
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. | thejackrustles | 23/02/2023 |
mae | 28/07/2022 | |
AndyS | 23/07/2022 | |
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. | LizH | 03/09/2021 |
PeterAH | 03/09/2021 | |
up track to mast and on to north top | grumpy | 16/02/2021 |
bjewing | 25/07/2020 | |
Martin R | 14/01/2020 | |
From A9 with S. | David Bremner | 31/07/2018 |
thelonious | 30/07/2016 | |
Covered 3 tops with all the same height. Approached from nearest point on main road. | Campbell Singer | 07/04/2015 |
Easy walk up track to nab the trig. Took in nearby summit beyond masts just to be sure. | BigJ | 05/04/2015 |
jimbloomer | 07/06/2014 | |
Tricky | 07/06/2014 | |
Alan Whatley | 07/06/2014 | |
iaindbrown | 05/06/2014 | |
Lindsay M | 27/10/2013 | |
Colin Crawford | 21/09/2012 | |
Arctica | 13/12/2011 | |
fasgadh | 18/07/2010 | |
By track from the south all the way to the trig then out to same height to north. | chrisbien | 01/06/2010 |
chalky1953 | 11/04/2009 | |
see TrigpointingUK.com, drive-up, great sunset. | RHW | 25/12/2007 |