Beinn Chùirn is a hill five kilometres (3.1 miles) west-south-west of Tyndrum, Scotland, standing on the border of Stirlingshire and Perthshire at the northern extremity of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
A ridge that goes south-east from the summit contains a gorge down which the Allt Eas Anie flows in a series of waterfalls, one of which is quite large and impressive.
In 1984 a gold-bearing quartz vein was discovered by the Irish firm Ennex International on the lower south-eastern slopes of Beinn Chùirn just above Cononish Farm at Eas Anie.
In 1994, the Caledonian Mining Company acquired the mineral exploration concession with the intention of putting it into production; however, the falling price of gold meant that such a small deposit was uneconomic at the time.
To date there has been no gold production or bulk trial testing and projected output figures are based only on geochemical assay from borehole cores and samples from the tunnel.
[9] Beinn Chùirn has two popular routes of ascent and used together they can be utilised for a complete traverse of the hill if transport can be organised.
One route starts in the Cononish glen and uses the south-east ridge as a means of ascent, passing the old mine workings and waterfalls around the Eas Anie gorge on the way to the summit.
Another route starts from Tyndrum and goes over Meall Odhar via the Sròn nan Colan lead mines before continuing to Beinn Chùirn by the SE ridge.
He also says that "The mine will provide obvious advantages in employment, training and education for young people and others in the community, which will have all sorts of knock-on effects on ancillary trades and hotels and guest houses."