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Ben Vorlich Mountain , in British over 600m, British Marilyn, Munro Lists

Height: 985m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 57 Grid Reference: NN62910 18915
Place visited by 32 members. Recently by: ochils_trekker, OutdoorBill, gneissadventures, Aongus, Andy1287, annem, Lauranna, tseepra, nordicstar, bryanjbarry, Niamhq, rangertobi, bolton12, gerrybowes, DeltaP
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Longitude: -4.21948, Latitude: 56.342671 , Easting: 262910, Northing: 718915 Prominence: 834m,  Isolation: 1.4km ,   GPS IDs, 6 char: BnVrlc, 10 char: BnVrlch
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ben Vorlich  in area Strathyre to Strathallan, Ireland
Picture: Ardvorlich House
 
Ardvorlich House
by billbaggins  15 May 2021
The route to Ben Vorlich passes close to Ardvorlich House.
For more information on Ardvorlich House and the family associated with it see https://www.scotland.org.uk/guide/castles/ardvorlich-house
and
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rykbrown/genealogy/stewart_of_ardvorlich.htm

Syd Scroggie, in one of his poems, refers to Ben Vorlich, comparing it's height to the cost of a high tea in Strathyre see
https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousdetails3202.html
{ Notes – bawbees = Scottish sixpence, siller = silver, forbye = as well, in addition to; muckle = much; }
A Tom Weir interview with this remarkable, inspirational man of the mountains can be viewed on YouTube see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9nFe1COt3w Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B17/comment/23101/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Ben Vorlich  in area Strathyre to Strathallan, Ireland
Picture: Ben Vorlich from Stuc a'Chroin
As seen from Stuc a'Chroin
by billbaggins  9 May 2021
Ben Vorlich from Stuc a'Chroin Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B17/comment/23099/
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