Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cairntoul

Cairntoul, a mountain in Crathie parish, Aberdeenshire, on the NW border of Braemar. One of the Cairngorm group of Grampians, it culminates, 2¾ miles SSE of Braeriach and 2 SW of Ben Macdhui, at 4241 feet above sea-level, presenting a vast, bare, rugged mass.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a mountain"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Crathie ScoP       Aberdeenshire ScoCnty

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