Ben Loyal from Loch Hacoin (Lochan Hakel)

Ben Loyal from Loch Hacoin (Lochan Hakel)

ID: QZP40_CARD_3714 DESCRIPTION: Postcard of Ben Loyal, near Tongue, Sutherland. Ben Loyal is an isolated mountain of 764 m in Sutherland, the north-western tip of the Scottish Highlands. It is a Corbett located south of the Kyle of Tongue, and provides good views of the Kyle, Loch Loyal to the east, and Ben Hope to the west. It has a distinctive shape due to the four rocky peaks, the highest of which is called An Caisteal. To the north of An Caisteal is the 712 m Sgòr Chaonasaid, to the south is Bheinn Bheag (744 m), which cannot be seen in the photograph opposite, and to the west is the ridge of Sgòr a Chèirich, 644 m at its highest point. The fourth peak in the picture is the 568 m Sgòr Fionnaich. Access is by a farm track which approaches from the north, starting at a farm called Ribigill. PLACENAME: Ben Loyal OLD COUNTY/PARISH: SUTHERLAND SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 35550 KEYWORDS: