The volcanic Tuff that makes up this hill has a very high iron content which causes compasses to point at it rather than north. Bring a compass and have a look at what happens and imagine the chaos this used to cause on board a ship!

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Elevation 120 m

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Location: Small Isles, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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