Suilven
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Suilven () is a Graham mountain in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs and lochans known as Inverpolly National Nature Reserve. Suilven forms a steep-sided ridge some in length. The highest point, Caisteal Liath ("Grey Castle" in Scottish Gaelic), lies at the northwest end of this ridge. There are two other summits: Meall Meadhonach ("Middle Round Hill") at the central point of the ridge is high, whilst Meall Beag ("Little Round Hill") lies at the southeastern end.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Suilven
- Mountain.other_name
- Sùlabheinn
- Mountain.photo
- 2011 Schotland Suilven 31-05-2011 14-58-40.png
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Suilven
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 731
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 496
- Mountain.listing
- Graham, Marilyn
- Mountain.translation
- Pillar mountain
- Mountain.language
- Old Norse + Scottish Gaelic
- Mountain.location
- Inverpolly, Scotland
- Mountain.map
- Scotland Highland
- Mountain.grid_ref_UK
- NC153183
- Mountain.topo
- OS Landranger 15
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Official name
- Suilven
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Highland
- Elevation
- 731
- Image
- Suilven looking east.jpg
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- native label
- Sùlabheinn
- Commons category
- Suilven
- historic county
- Sutherland
- OS grid reference
- NC153183
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name
- Geology
- Management
- Ascent
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Suilven () is a Graham mountain in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs and lochans known as Inverpolly National Nature Reserve. Suilven forms a steep-sided ridge some in length. The highest point, Caisteal Liath ("Grey Castle" in Scottish Gaelic), lies at the northwest end of this ridge. There are two other summits: Meall Meadhonach ("Middle Round Hill") at the central point of the ridge is high, whilst Meall Beag ("Little Round Hill") lies at the southeastern end.
==Name== The name is Viking in origin, coming from the Old Norse súla fjell, meaning "pillar mountain" (with the later substitution of Gaelic bheinn for fjell).
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