The Devil’s Point towers menacingly above the burgeoning River Dee in the wild heart of the Cairngorms National Park. This great sentinel guards the southern entrance to the atmospheric Lairig Ghru and has an interesting story behind its name. In Gaelic, it’s Bod an Deamhain, or ‘Penis of the Demon’. Clearly local ghillie John Brown was too abashed to inform Queen Victoria of this fact when asked, so quickly improvised, and the Devil’s Point has stuck ever since.

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Location: Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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1. Braeriach traverse from Corrour Bothy — Cairngorms National Park

18.9km

07:15

1,030m

1,040m

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2. Bob Scott's Bothy – The Devil's Point loop from Little Inverey

20.2km

07:37

680m

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3. Corrour Bothy – The Devil's Point loop from Little Inverey

4.52km

02:17

400m

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Trail Magazine

December 13, 2019

The Devil’s Point (so called since ghillie John Brown thought better of telling Queen Victoria that Bod an Deamhain actually translates as ‘Penis of the Demon’) rises sheer above the meeting of two valleys; Glen Geusachan Burn and Glen Dee. This jutting promontory towers above the Corrour Bothy and is the most striking viewpoint in the Cairngorms.

Andrew

October 4, 2021

A surprising steep ascent to this Munro, dwarfed by its neighbours. Good views towards the chest of Dee and back towards Glen Derry.

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Location: Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Devil's Point

1. Braeriach traverse from Corrour Bothy — Cairngorms National Park

2. Bob Scott's Bothy – The Devil's Point loop from Little Inverey

3. Corrour Bothy – The Devil's Point loop from Little Inverey

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