Cìr Mhòr, Isle of Arran

Name: Cìr Mhòr
Address: Isle of Arran, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Isle of Arran

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cìr Mhòr is a Corbett known as the Matterhorn of Arran. Its name means the "big comb", referring its resemblance to a cockscomb. It is separated from the island's highest peak, Goat Fell, by a col called The Saddle. ()

Elevation: 2621 ftProminence: 574 ftCoordinates: 55°38'20"N, 5°13'22"W

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Isle of Arran United Kingdom

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Cìr Mhòr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lochranza Castle, Brodick Castle, Goat Fell, Caisteal Abhail.

5.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Lochranza Castle, Lochranza
135 min walk • Lochranza Castle is an L-plan fortified tower house situated on a promontory in Lochranza, on the northern part of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Most of the castle was built in the 16th century.
4.2 miSE
19th-century castle with formal gardens
Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran
107 min walk • Brodick Castle is a castle situated outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It was previously a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
1.5 miSE
Island's highest peak for hiking
Goat Fell, Isle of Arran
39 min walk • Goat Fell is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. At 874 metres, it is one of four Corbetts on the island. The mountain, along with nearby Brodick Castle, is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The name is believed to mean 'Goat Mountain'.
0.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Caisteal Abhail, Isle of Arran
21 min walk • Caisteal Abhail is a mountain on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. It is the northernmost Corbett on the island. The mountain forms the main part of a view known as The Sleeping Warrior due to its distinctive outline as seen from the mainland.
4.4 miW
Mountain
Beinn Bharrain, Isle of Arran
112 min walk • Beinn Bharrain is a mountain on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, located in the far northwest of the Island. Despite being less frequently visited than its eastern neighbours, it still provides fine views from the top.
5.1 miSE
Town
Brodick
132 min walk • Brodick is the main village on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It is halfway along the east coast of the island, in Brodick Bay below Goat Fell, the tallest mountain on Arran. The name is derived from the Norse "breda-vick" meaning "Broad Bay".
1.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Tarsuinn, Isle of Arran
35 min walk • Beinn Tarsuinn is a mountain on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. It is the southernmost of the four Corbetts on the island, lying between Glen Rosa to the east and Glen Iorsa to the west.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Torr Meadhonach, Isle of Arran
132 min walk • Torr Meadhonach is a hill 332 metres high at the northernmost part of the Isle of Arran in western Scotland, east of the village of Lochranza.
7.1 miSW
Archaeological site
Auchagallon Stone Circle, Machrie
182 min walk • Auchagallon Stone Circle or Auchengallon cairn is the remains of a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of fifteen stones. It is located near Machrie on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
4.7 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Arran Coastal Way, Isle of Arran
119 min walk • The Arran Coastal Way is a 107 kilometre long-distance trail that goes around the coastline of Arran in Scotland.
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Creag Ghlas Laggan, Isle of Arran
106 min walk • Creag Ghlas Laggan 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.