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Carn an Tuirc

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Carn an Tuirc rises to 1,019 m (3,343 ft) in Aberdeenshire. It is one of the 282 Munros — Scottish mountains of 3,000 feet and more. It stands inside the Cairngorms National Park and Deeside and Lochnagar National Scenic Area. For more of the same, Cairn of Claise and Tolmount 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 of Deeside and Lochnagar, a National Scenic Area in north east Scotland.Highlight

Deeside and Lochnagar

You’re inside itNational Scenic Area near Braemar

High granite mountains and old pine woods above the River Dee — big, serious hill country

Photo: Glas Maol, a 1,068m Munro in the Cairngorms, the Angus, north east Scotland.Highlight

Glas Maol

Munro · Marilyn

The highest of the Glenshee hills and the top of Angus, a broad mossy plateau right above the ski road

4 km S · Angus

Photo of Loch Muick, a loch in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.Highlight

Loch Muick

Loch

Queen Victoria's retreat of Glas-allt-Shiel stands at the head of this loch on the Balmoral estate below Lochnagar.

11.9 km E · Aberdeenshire

Photo of Linn of Dee, a waterfall near Braemar in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.Highlight

Linn of Dee

Waterfall near Braemar

Rocky gorge west of Braemar where the young Dee squeezes through a narrow chasm, spanned by an 1857 bridge.

14.5 km NW

Photo of Balmoral Cairns, a folly near Crathie in the Cairngorms, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland.Highlight

Balmoral Cairns

Folly near Crathie

Eleven Victorian memorial cairns in the woods above Balmoral, crowned by Prince Albert's great granite pyramid, raised by his 'broken-hearted widow' in 1862.

15.5 km NE