Cairngorm Mountains

American

noun

(used with a plural verb)

a range in central Scotland, in the Grampian Mountains. Highest peak, Ben Macdhui, 4,296 feet (1,309 meters).

Cairngorm Mountains British

plural noun

Also called: the Cairngorms. a mountain range of NE Scotland: part of the Grampians. Highest peak: Ben Macdui, 1309 m (4296 ft); designated a national park in 2003

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Because of the south-easterly wind direction, places like Aultbea lie in the lee of the Cairngorm mountains, this is called the Fohn effect.

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Because of the south-easterly wind direction, places like Aultbea lie in the lee of the Cairngorm mountains.

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Aviemore has also had below the average as it has been very sheltered from the prevailing south-east winds by the Cairngorm mountains.

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It is tucked away at the end of a tree-lined driveway 13 miles from Aviemore, amongst the forests to the north-east of Nethy Bridge with uninterrupted views of the Cairngorm mountains.

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A new project has been set up to help uncover ancient hunter-gatherer sites high in the Cairngorm mountains.

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