Bad a' Chreamha is a small hill in
Scotland
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,
occupying the broad
peninsula
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Etymology
The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...
between
Loch Carron
Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stromeferry headland east of Loch ...
and
Loch Kishorn
Loch Kishorn () is a sea loch in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.
Kishorn is a collective name used to refer to a group of populated settlements located next to the loch.
Topography
Loch Kishorn is a northern branch of Loch Carron about w ...
. It consists of a long low ridge; the northwestern side is marked by a series of broken
crag
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s, whilst to the south the hill slopes down to the shores of Loch Carron.
Bad a' Chreamha may be climbed from the path between
Achintraid and Reraig, which passes to the west side of the hill, below the crags. The
bealach
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that separates Bad a' Chreamha from
An Sgurr lies a kilometre or so east of this path: from here the summit can be reached by skirting above the crags. The hill may also be climbed from the shores of Loch Carron, heading north from the road at any convenient point.
References
Marilyns of Scotland
Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands
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