Beinn Bheigeir
| Beinn Bheigeir | ||
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| height | 491 m | |
| location | Islay , Argyll and Bute , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 491 m | |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 43 '57 " N , 6 ° 5' 48" W | |
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| particularities | highest mountain on Islay | |
Beinn Bheigeir , also Beinn Bheigier or outdated Ben Vigory , is the highest mountain on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . The elevation consists of three 491 m, 460 m and 456 m high peaks, which are lined up along a ridge. The mountain is located near the east coast of the island about 4.5 km southwest of Cape McArthur's Head and twelve kilometers south of the Port Askaig ferry terminal . With Beinn na Caillich , Sgorr nam Faoileann , Glas Bheinn , Beinn Bhàn and Beinn Uraraidh there are five other mountains within a radius of five kilometers .
Around the year 1600 a decisive battle took place in the area around the mountain, in which Hector Og Maclean , leader of the MacLean clan , attacked the MacDonald clan , which provided the Lord of the Isles . The MacLeans emerged victorious and then plundered the island.
Glas Bheinn is located in a sparsely populated part of the island, which is why there are no roads leading to the mountain. However, hiking routes to the mountain are described that also include the surrounding peaks.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beinn Bheigeir. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
- ↑ Benvigory. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, p. 149 .
- ↑ Peter Edwards: Walking on Jura, Islay and Colonsay. Cicerone, Milnthorpe 2010, ISBN 978-1-85284-610-7 .