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Torridon
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Image:The Torridons from the Shieldaig Peninsula.jpg thumb|300px|The Torridon hills, viewed from the Shieldaig peninsula.
'''Torridon''' (
Scottish Gaelic language Scottish Gaelic: ''Toirbheartan'') is a small village in the Northwest
Scottish Highlands Highlands of
Scotland. However the name is usually applied to mean the area surrounding the village, particularly the
mountains to the north of
Glen Torridon.
These are all made of a type of
sandstone, known as
Torridonian sandstone (see
Geology of the United Kingdom), which over time this has become eroded to produce the unique characteristics of the Torridon hills.
Each of the '''Torridon Hills''' sits very much apart from each other, and they are often likened to
castles. They have steep
wiktionary:terrace terraced sides, and broken summit crests, riven into many pinnacles. There are many steep
gully gullies running down the terraced sides. The summit ridges provide excellent
scrambling, and are popular with
hillwalking hillwalkers and
mountaineering mountaineers.
Although many peaks in the North-west highlands exhibit Torridon
geology, the Torridon hills are generally considered only to be those in the Torridon Forest to the north of Glen Torridon. Specifically, these are:
*
Liathach
*
Beinn Eighe
*
Beinn Alligin
*
Beinn Dearg (Torridon) Beinn Dearg
Image:Liathach.jpg thumb|left|Liathach, the highest of the Torridon hills
Image:Scotland Torridon.jpg thumb|left|Descent from Beinn Eighe
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Category:Geography of Scotland
Category:Highland
Category:National Trust for Scotland properties
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Torridon Torridon Mountains'''
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Liathach |
Beinn Eighe |
Beinn Alligin |
Beinn Dearg (Torridon) Beinn Dearg
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