Cnoc an Fhreiceadain

Coordinates: 58°30′02″N 4°23′06″W / 58.5006°N 4.3851°W / 58.5006; -4.3851
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Cnoc an Fhreiceadain
Gaelic
Geography
LocationColdbackie, Sutherland, Scotland
OS gridNC611594
Topo mapOS Landranger 9

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain (Hill of Watching or Watch Hill) is a coastal mountain peak in northern

Tongue with the crofting township of Coldbackie at its foot and looks across the Kyle of Tongue and Tongue Bay to the Rabbit Islands
.

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is an Old Red Sandstone conglomerate, and dates from the Paleozoic era, around 400 million years ago.[2]

In 2004 as part of the

Top Gear motoring programme, Jeremy Clarkson drove a Land Rover Discovery 3 from sea level to the summit of Cnoc an Fhreiceadain.[3] The programme was criticised by the Mountaineering Council for Scotland for the potential impact of the climb on peat bogs and heather environments.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cnoc an Fhreiceadain (The Watch Hill)". Summitsbase. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ "The Watch Hill". Coldbackie. 2004. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Top Gear: Series 5, Episode 3". Top Gear Box. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Clarkson in deep peat over 4x4 ride". The Guardian. 4 November 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2014.