Broad Cairn

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Broad Cairn tops out at 997 m in Angus. It counts among the 282 Munros, Scottish mountains of 3,000 feet and more. Only two of the 20 hills the Albion Guide maps in Angus stand higher. It stands within the Cairngorms National Park and Deeside and Lochnagar National Scenic Area.

For more of the same, Cairn Bannoch and Carn a' Choire Bhoidheach are close by.

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