http://munro-madness.com/category/gaelic/binnein The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-gb http://munro-madness.com/hills/binnein-beag <p><a class="glossary-term" href="/category/gaelic/binnein"><acronym title="small peaked top. The suffix -an is normally the Gaelic diminutive, in the way lochan is a small loch: and binnein is the diminutive bin / binn. However the best known binnein / binnein hills aren't small hills Binnein Mòr & Binnein Beag dominate the eastern end of The Mamores.">Binnein</acronym></a> Beag is a munro situated on the eastern end of <a href="http://munro-madness.com/region/the-mamores" title="reference on The Mamores">The Mamores</a> range. By comparison to it's larger neighbour <a href="http://munro-madness.com/hills/binnein-more" title="reference on Binnein More">Binnein More</a> the hill appears relativlely small and has a conical appearance. The <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/105"><acronym title="The high point of a mountain or peak. Used as a verb to indicate that a person reached the top.">summit</acronym></a> of Binnein Beag is 943 metres, making it the second lowest of the Mamores <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/180"><acronym title="Small taste of the 284 Munros (Scottish mountains over 3000 feet). Climbing all the Munros, or Munro-bagging as it's usually called, is a very popular pursuit amongst the climbing and hillwalking fraternity. Despite their modest height, walking and climbing in the Scottish mountains may be made treacherous by their latitude and exposure to Atlantic weather systems.">munros</acronym></a> with the smallest being <a href="http://munro-madness.com/hills/mullach-nan-coirean" title="reference on Mullach nan Coirean">Mullach nan Coirean</a>.However, it occupies a good commanding position overlooking the watershed between <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/367"><acronym title="long, deep, and often glacially U-shaped vally">Glen</acronym></a> Nevis &amp; the <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/term/291"><acronym title="stream or river">Abhainn</acronym></a> Rath.</p> <p><a href="http://munro-madness.com/hills/binnein-beag">read more</a></p> beag binnein Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:10:20 +0000 Peter.Lord 201 at http://munro-madness.com http://munro-madness.com/hills/binnein-mor-sgurr-eilde-beag <p>Awaiting content</p> beag binnein mòr sgòr Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:10:20 +0000 Peter.Lord 203 at http://munro-madness.com