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*Comenius Group: Scotland

*Beinn Eighe

Beinn Eighe is Britain's oldest National Nature Reserve (1951). It has 2 main aspects of the 4 elements; Earth and Water.

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*Beinn Eighe is a complex mountain located in the Torridon area of the Highlands of Scotland.

The mountain is located near our school in the NW Highlands.

*Beinn Eighe

*Beinn Eighe has light coloured summits

‘Quartzite Mountain’Quartzite Rock (540 million years ago)

Torridonian Sandstone (800 million years ago)

*The weather near the top can get very fierce.

The picture on the right shows the iconic Triple Buttress.

It is also the home of an aviation disaster in 1951.

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*Beinn Eighe has been carved and sculpted over many thousands of years.

*Beinn Eighe is also a host of lochs and waterfalls, gathered from rain. Beinn Eighe also overlooks Loch Maree.