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Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn Liath

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Beinn a' Ghlo - Carn Liath is a 976-metre mountain in Perth and Kinross. It is one of the 282 Munros, and a Marilyn besides. It is one of 98 hills the Albion Guide lists in Perth and Kinross. It stands within the Cairngorms National Park.

The closest station is Blair Atholl, 8 km to the south-west. For more of the same, Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain and Beinn a' Ghlo are close by.

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Photo of the Cairngorms, a National Park in Scotland.Iconic

Cairngorms

You’re inside itNational Park near Aviemore

Britain's biggest national park — a high granite plateau of arctic tundra, ancient Caledonian pinewood and free-flowing rivers.

Photo: Beinn a' Ghlo, a 1,122m Munro near Blair Atholl in the Cairngorms, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Beinn a' Ghlo

Munro · Marilyn near Blair Atholl

The highest of the three Munros on the sprawling Beinn a' Ghlo massif above Blair Atholl, at the end of a long curving ridge

4.9 km NE

Photo of Blair Castle Gardens, a garden near Blair Atholl in the Cairngorms, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Iconic

Blair Castle Gardens

Garden near Blair Atholl

Whitewashed Atholl seat with the walled Hercules Garden, deer park and Diana's Grove of tall conifers.

7.9 km SW

Photo: Pass of Killiecrankie and Soldier's Leap, a viewpoint near Pitlochry in Loch Tummel, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Pass of Killiecrankie and Soldier's Leap

Viewpoint near Pitlochry

Dramatic wooded river gorge with an NTS centre and the Soldier's Leap of 1689.

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Photo of Faskally Wood, a visitor attraction near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Faskally Wood

Attraction near Pitlochry

Ornamental lochside woodland near Pitlochry, walked by day and lit for the autumn Enchanted Forest show.

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Photo of Falls of Bruar, a waterfall near Blair Atholl in the Cairngorms, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland.Highlight

Falls of Bruar

Waterfall near Blair Atholl

The gorge Robert Burns petitioned the Duke of Atholl in verse to plant with trees — the Duke obliged, and the falls now drop through the woods the poem asked for.

12.1 km W