Ben More Assynt is a mountain in Assynt in the far northwest of Scotland, 30 kilometres north-northeast of Ullapool. The name translates as "big mountain of Assynt", and with a height of 998 metres it is the highest point in Sutherland.
Ben More Assynt from Conival.
Ben More Assynt from Conival.
The shattered quartzite summit of Ben More Assynt.
Assynt is a sparsely populated area in the south-west of Sutherland, lying north of Ullapool on the west coast of Scotland. Assynt is known for its landscape and its remarkable mountains, which have led to the area, along with neighbouring Coigach, being designated as the Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland.
Ardvreck Castle
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Suilven from the air, showing the steep-sided mountain slopes and rough moorland landscape typical of Assynt.
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