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Name: | Meall Dearg |
Hill number: | 4776 |
Height: | 163m / 535ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1217 Meall an Fheadain |
RHB Section: | 16F: Lochinver to Ullapool |
County/UA: | Highland |
Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (North) |
Class: | Hump, Tump (100-199m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,1,Y) |
Grid ref: | NB 98667 10759 |
Summit feature: | large cairn |
Drop: | 109m |
Col: | 54m NB990106 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 15 (1:25k) 439W |
Observations: | this is the largest of 8 cairns; cairn 120m N at NB 98675 10873 is just lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 58 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked at the end of the road to Dornie. Down towards Dornie and along a house track to NB98876 10422, just beyond a wall end and before the cattle grid, where a rough path goes up through long heather onto the hill. Great view point over the summer isles. | LizH | 10/09/2020 |
Scrambled up crags from Old Dornie. Traversed grassy ridge north to the road. Great views from the summit. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 28/09/2019 |
LS | john steel | 21/04/2019 |
above Port a Bhaigh campsite, Atlandhu, pink sandstone cairn, lovely views of Summer Isles | Denise | 30/05/2016 |
From roadside to NW. Direct ascent to HP initially steepish heather slopes, then steeper rocky scrambling. Super view over Isle Ristol. | jonglew | 24/07/2015 |
Apparently a re-visit (& I'd forgotten within 3 years!) | Smudge | 11/04/2015 |
From 989104, keep left to avoid steep scree and heather. | Topographer57 | 10/06/2014 |
Heather approach from S. Cairn at top with views in Inverpolly and the summer isles. With Jonathan de Ferranti. Found path on descent. | Adrian | 10/06/2014 |
With Kiera | Loz_mck | 10/05/2014 |
Parked between the two lochs on the west side, near the junction to Old Dornie. Climbed this after the Marilyn. Excellent views. An easy ascent. Alone. | AGWilliamson | 19/09/2012 |
From road to house SE of hill after M a F. Lots of cairns. Two areas of similar height but higher seems to be the south one. | chrisbien | 05/06/2010 |
Polluted with cairns, suffered some hail then rain soon after reaching summit. | Dugswell2 | 04/06/2010 |
RHW | 01/01/1989 | |
StueyB | 28/04/2023 | |
Adrian2 | 04/08/2022 | |
bjewing | 14/07/2021 | |
Pete R | 13/07/2021 | |
aul-fogie | 06/06/2021 | |
PeterAH | 10/09/2020 | |
interloper | 02/09/2020 | |
Fletch | 02/09/2020 | |
eddieh | 08/08/2020 | |
mae | 16/11/2019 | |
stub1969 | 02/08/2019 | |
AndyS | 24/05/2019 | |
DocHoliday | 02/05/2019 | |
gillamo | 29/07/2016 | |
RichardM | 30/05/2016 | |
Tony S | 29/05/2016 | |
andrew brown | 28/05/2016 | |
Martin R | 28/05/2016 | |
Laurel | 19/05/2015 | |
Rowan | 19/05/2015 | |
SteveG | 11/04/2015 | |
Tricky | 04/05/2014 | |
Alan Whatley | 01/04/2014 | |
tom smith | 06/01/2013 | |
Kiltie | 11/07/2012 | |
Smudge | 24/05/2012 | |
thelonious | 14/05/2012 | |
Colin Crawford | 16/06/2011 | |
assynt_bob | 29/05/2011 | |
Louise | 29/05/2011 | |
m0untain_n0mad | 17/05/2011 | |
hill walker | 03/05/2011 | |
alda | 11/06/2010 | |
Alison R | 11/06/2010 | |
chalky1953 | 08/06/2010 | |
GordonAdshead | 06/06/2010 | |
jimbloomer | 11/05/2010 |