Pronunciation /ˌbɛn ˈlɔɪ.əl/ OS grid NC578488 Elevation 764 m Parent peak Ben Hope | Location Sutherland, Scotland Topo map OS Landranger 10 Prominence 609 m Listing Marilyn | |
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Similar Ben Hope, Ben Klibreck, Ben More Assynt, Foinaven, Beinn Alligin | ||
Ben Loyal (from Scottish Gaelic Beinn Laghail) is an isolated mountain of 764 m in Sutherland, the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands. It is a Corbett located south of the Kyle of Tongue and offers good views of the Kyle, Loch Loyal to the east, and Ben Hope to the west.
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Map of Ben Loyal - An Caisteal, Lairg, UK
Ben Loyal is composed chiefly of granite, and has a distinctive shape due to the four rocky peaks, the highest of which is called An Caisteal. To the north of An Caisteal is the 712 m Sgòr Chaonasaid, to the south is Bheinn Bheag (744 m), which cannot be seen in the photograph opposite, and to the west is the ridge of Sgòr a Chèirich, 644 m at its highest point. The fourth peak in the picture is the 568 m Sgòr Fionnaich.
Access
Ben Loyal is a part of Ben Loyal Estate, owned by the Adam Knuth of Knuthenborg, Denmark. In 2012, The Daily Telegraph reported that fellow Dane Anders Holch Povlsen now owned the 24,000 acre estate.
Access is by a farm track which approaches from the north, starting at a farm called Ribigill (rented until the early 20th century by the family of British actor David Mitchell).