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Name: | Cruachan (Lunga) |
Hill number: | 4814 |
Height: | 103m / 338ft |
Parent (Ma): | none |
RHB Section: | 17E: Mull and Nearby Islands |
County/UA: | Argyll and Bute |
Island: | Mono Tump island |
Class: | Hump, Tump (100-199m), SIB, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,1,SIB,Y) |
Grid ref: | NM 27859 41979 |
Summit feature: | outcrop 45m E of cairn |
Drop: | 103m |
Col: | Sea |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 46 47 48 (1:25k) 374W |
Observations: | rock 50m WSW at NM 27817 41958 may be as high |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 93 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
On a Staffa tours boat trip to see the birdlife. Went up from Harp Rock after watching the huge Guillemot colony. | Hirta | 23/05/2023 |
With FR and JT from Kadore. | Bheinn | 07/06/2022 |
With NB and JT from Kadore. Bird watching on way up, lots of puffins and shags, nice sunny day. | Frank | 07/06/2022 |
On our honeymoon touring some of Scotlands islands. We booked with Turus Mara touring Staffa and Treshnish Isles, setting off from Ulva Ferry on Isle of Mull. Once on Lungs we watched the puffins and razorbills as we walked around the island before making our way to the top to see the spectacular views on such a clear and sunny day. | 2dogs2humans | 01/06/2022 |
On our honeymoon touring some of Scotlands islands. We booked with Turus Mara touring Staffa and Treshnish Isles, setting off from Ulva Ferry on Isle of Mull. Once on Lungs we watched the puffins and razorbills as we walked around the island before making our way to the top to see the spectacular views on such a clear and sunny day. | explorewithpaws | 01/06/2022 |
Staffa and Treshnish Isles boat trip with Turus Mara. 
Landing on Staffa on Lunga. 
Staffa - A look into Fingal's Cave and then up the steps and W to the summit trig on Meall nan Gamhna. 
Lunga - From the Corran Lunga landing spot. Up the cliff path to the puffins and SW along the cliff to Dun Cruit (Harp Rock). Climb the grassy bank S and then NE to the summit of Cruachan (Lunga). 
Puffin, Razorbill, Shag, Guillemot, Common Seal, Bottlenose Dolphin - all at close quarters. Two SIB summits, good views of the other Treshnish Isles, Little Colonsay, Gometra, Ulva and Mull. Sunny and still - A fine day out! 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/samandjo/albums/72177720298634929 | SalmonJoe | 27/04/2022 |
Stunning island and lots of puffins on the way- great spot! | paddyirish | 16/07/2019 |
Superb trip round Mull organised by Richard Tibbetts and transported by Coastal Connection from Oban under the excellent Struan Smith. After Fladda. Another excellent island though invaded by tourists watching puffins feeding their young 1 metre away. | Thearlaichdubh | 07/07/2019 |
Boat trip (using Coastal Connection) organized by Richard T. Excellent day out, with several baggers - good weather - 8 Islands visited (7 of which were SIBs). Some stunning situations/views etc - an excellent adventure. Thankyou Richard & CC crew. Return trip from Oban took approx 12.5h. | ger | 07/07/2019 |
With Coastal Connections from Oban on a 9 island circuit - this the fourth. Landed at N end. Just enough time to summit then check out Dun Cruit. On to Bac Mor. | jonglew | 07/07/2019 |
Trip round Mull with Coastal Connections taking in 7 Sibs. Perfect weather, minimal swell. Loads of tourists. Good paths to summit. Clear views to Skye, Jura and Ben Nevis. | AndrewFinnimore | 07/07/2019 |
12seater rib trip from Tiree. Bright sunshine and lots of birds to see. A spectacular island. | jenx | 10/06/2019 |
From rocky inlet landing at NM27924250. A small party trip from Coll with IsleGO (John Fraser; www.IsleGO.co.uk). An early departure from Coll ensured arrival before all the large parties arrived from Mull/Oban/etc. Stood on all the various excrescences to make sure. | summitsup | 07/05/2019 |
From Tobermory on fabulous trip. | lordtonult | 08/07/2018 |
With mum and dad on the Staffa Tours boat 'Angus'. | Grinner | 08/05/2018 |
Sea kayak tour of Treshnish from Ulva ferry | AndyS | 27/04/2018 |
Cracking day out with Turas Mara... superb island. | hils | 16/04/2018 |
With Staffa Tours. Debs, Goska & Talisker | Mountain Goat | 04/05/2017 |
Boat trip arranged by West Coast Motors to three Islands. Great Skua on one of the parts I would have looked to see if higher than cairn so I thought it prudent to not disturb! | Buteobuteo | 10/06/2015 |
A revisit to this lovely island while the Puffins were at home. Started from Fionnphort but failed to land on the Dutchman's Cap but landed on Lunga, Little Collinsay, Inch Kenneth, Eorsa and Staff withCoastal Connection's covered RIB from Oban. | Dugswell2 | 04/06/2015 |
10.30 ish, Lunga summit after landing at the north east. Gorgeous close to view of puffins. 
Started from Fionnphort but sadly sea swell bit too high so failed to land on the Dutchman's Cap but landed here on Lunga, Little Collinsay, Inch Kenneth, Eorsa and Staff withCoastal Connection's covered RIB from Oban. | vegibagger | 04/06/2015 |
Another cracking island visited on an Alan Holmes organised boat trip. | Alex C | 30/05/2015 |
A Hump, a Sib, a sea stack to speculate on, a path, sunshine, calm seas and posing puffins. Who could ask for more? | Martin R | 30/05/2015 |
More high tech apparatus evident among the bird watchers than the hill baggers! | Smudge | 30/05/2015 |
Day trip with staffatours. Floating pontoon landing onto rocks N end of island, very easy. Famously tame puffins. Dun Cruit W of summit much less tame. 2 outcrops: the one NE of cairn slightly higher w.r.t. sea level horizon | RHW | 11/05/2014 |
Revisited with Sea Life Surveys more than forty years on. | Topographer57 | 04/05/2013 |
Boat from Sealifesurveys.com with Richard Wood, Martin Collins, Jim Bloomer, Alan Holmes, George Morl, Iain Brown, Richard Tibbetts and Brent Lynam. | Dugswell2 | 03/05/2013 |
Visited whilst on boat trip from Fionnphort to Staffa and Lunga. Good views to Mull and the other Treshnish Isles. | quadbarrel | 18/10/2012 |
Turis Mara boat to Staffa and then the Treshnish Islands. A walk puffin spotting with CM. | bolton | 12/07/2011 |
With PM. | CJM | 12/07/2011 |
Loads of puffin | robbosem | 17/05/2011 |
High point of Lunga. Hoy Lass landed us after a visit to Staffa. 14.55. | arranc | 17/05/2011 |
Ascent from the north on one of the Turas Mara trips. Well worth coming out here. | fasgadh | 14/04/2011 |
With R | VIPete28 | 25/10/2010 |
climed with claire after visiting staffa, loads of puffins! | tom smith | 10/06/2009 |
On island cruise from Tiree with family. Date and year uncertain. Repeated in May 2013. | Topographer57 | 01/08/1972 |
Berkscire874 | 25/07/2023 | |
SpudGunn | 25/04/2023 | |
eddieh | 03/06/2022 | |
andy macp | 02/06/2022 | |
JFT_96 | 02/06/2021 | |
FinnTumps | 18/08/2020 | |
peterstanding | 23/07/2019 | |
ajwxyzt | 07/07/2019 | |
Guy Heelis | 25/06/2019 | |
nordicstar | 10/06/2019 | |
Redrobbo13 | 01/06/2019 | |
interloper | 09/04/2019 | |
Fletch | 09/04/2019 | |
Andrew Simmons | 28/07/2018 |