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Càrn Dearg Mòr

857m high mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ3009623 ↗
Source-derived summary

Carn Dearg Mor (857 m) is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Inverness-shire, east of the town of Kingussie.

The peak is usually climbed from Glen Feshie to the east, and despite being an undistinguished summit, it provides fantastic views of the surrounding area.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Càrn Dearg Mòr” as 857m high mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 55-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Càrn, Dearg and 857m can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as 857m high mountain in Highland, Scotland, UK. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3009623. Authority coordinates are 56.996, -3.939. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Càrn Dearg Mòr”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Càrn Dearg Mòr primary sources, Càrn Dearg Mòr archive and Càrn research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Càrn Dearg Mòr”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Càrn Dearg Mòr” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.