| Name: | Meall nan Clach Ruadha |
| Hill number: | 1164 |
| Height: | 336m / 1102ft |
| County/UA: | Highland |
| Topographical area: | HN02 Hope-loyal |
| SMC/RHB section: | 16C: Tongue to Wick and Helmsdale |
| Catchment: | Tongue |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,3,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NC 60516 56979 |
| Summit feature: | cairn on rib of rock |
| Drop: | 171m |
| Col: | 165m NC601517  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 10 (1:25k) 447N 448N |
| Observations: | ground to 5m NNE and SSW is as high |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 130 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked at track entrance near mast at junction to the SW | govanah | 24/04/2024 |
| Tramp up through the heather from road to West. Fantastic full rainbow from the late afternoon/ sun singing through one of the myriad of short squalls today.... Marilyn 998 | vegibagger | 27/09/2022 |
| As others parked at junction opposite mast (big viewpoint parking area). Through gate, followed bits of various ATV tracks up to ridge then along to summit, back in a pretty much direct line. 30 mins to top, 55 mins round trip. 1.7 miles. This little Marilyn is worth it for yhe excellent views of Ben Loyal. | JulieB | 25/04/2022 |
| Parked at road junction, through gate, straight up. | iangalbraith | 09/10/2021 |
| First hill of the day, also nearby tump Beann Bhreac. About 50 minutes. | NormanW | 04/05/2021 |
| A quick up and down after Ben Hutig. | Peterb | 23/09/2020 |
| MC From road junction. Return trip in 40 mins inc. Beinn Bhreac. V. Windy but sunny. Set up a snipe. | Martin66 | 03/09/2020 |
| From road junction at NC599560 (plenty parking). Fairly dry underfoot. | willyross | 10/08/2020 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 28/10/2019 |
| solo | VerySlowPlodder | 16/10/2019 |
| From the road junction at 599560. Up through the very wet ground for a 45 minute round trip. Great views from the summit. Solo. | bolton | 01/09/2019 |
| Parked near the road junction to the west then directly up heather slopes to Meall nan Clach Ruadha, then onward to Beinn Bhreac and finally Meall Leathad na Craoibhe on a grey cloudy morning with drizzle for the final Tump and journey back to car. | Dugswell2 | 18/05/2019 |
| Fab little Marilyn done with trimarc2 (as well as Beinn Bhreac). Out and back from parking space in just over an hour. Great weather and beautiful views of Ben Loyal. | Fionalevey | 11/05/2019 |
| After Beinn Bhreac with Fiona | trimarc2 | 11/05/2019 |
| short cross-country flog from minor road junction with A836 to the south-west. Good parking. | KeithByTheC | 22/04/2019 |
| Parked at the road junction to the SSW. Pathless to the summit, excellent views back to Ben Loyal. | Owen B | 21/04/2019 |
| Quick jog from the viewpoint. | amswanston | 31/08/2018 |
| A nice evening stroll from the viewpoint car park on the minor road into Tongue village, by the radar mast. Patches of burnt off heather make the hill look scruffy, but it’s a quick and easy walk with good views of Ben Loyal and Beinn Stumanadh. | Gill | 08/05/2018 |
| From viewpoint just south end of Tongue. Up easy slopes in 35mins. Great views even Orkney. 3/3 | N.Morters | 06/05/2018 |
| 5 of 5: From A836 Jn above Tongue. 600561 | ChrisR | 26/03/2018 |
| From the view point C.P. Too warm, a cold breeze would be nice. A tedious hill. | Play2End | 21/06/2017 |
| From the good roadside CP above Tongue. Simple ascent up reasonable ground avoiding wet patches. Not a bog trot by any means Martin. Up and down in 40 mins. | nordicstar | 15/06/2016 |
| A quick and easy ascent from the small parking area at the road junction. | jenx | 15/06/2016 |
| A quick up and down from the road junction above Tongue. Just followed heather burnings for easiest route. Great views from summit plus very audible explosions from the military bombing range over on Cape Wrath - the NATO exercise must have been in airborne phase today. Good old red sandstone conglomerate rocks on summit and slopes | SpudGunn | 14/04/2016 |
| Solo trip. Farthest west outcrop of Old Red Sandstone along the north coast. | Invicta14 | 07/04/2016 |
| On the way back from Stroma to Lairg. From the SW, small parking area on minor road just off the A836. No paths but terrain and vegetation fairly comfortable by local standards. | Topographer57 | 22/08/2015 |
| Easy up and down from road junction where there is decent parking | AndrewFinnimore | 21/09/2014 |
| A bog trot. | Martin R | 26/05/2014 |
| A 6 mile round trip saw us take in 3 hills to the east of the Kyle of Tongue that run north-south, this Marilyn being the southerly of those hills. No paths, but a lovely boggy morass to negotiate - what fun! At least we had hot sunny weather which gave great near distant views - bit hazy in the distance. Parking was part way up the access track to the Ben Tongue comms mast. | jonglew | 24/05/2012 |
| Solo | HFB | 01/08/2011 |
| Late afternoon ascent after climbing Beinn Stumanadh. | JohnW | 09/06/2011 |
| Car park on A 838. North on road turning into a tarred road uphill towards masts. After passing farm became a rough track, through 2 gates. Visibility 100m. Left track at its high point to cross moor on a gentle slope on compass. From small hump downhill for final climb on rough heather to top, passing ruins of a rusty mast. Neat cairn of smooth stones. 10.50. No view - mist. | arranc | 28/07/2008 |
| Superb viewpoint for The Flow country above early morning mist. | Eddie | 21/05/2004 |
| simple climb, interesting rocky summit, fine view. heathery climb from road jct to SW | RHW | 17/10/2001 |
| From Tongue | BLACKHILL | 16/06/2001 |
| ketzster | 30/06/2024 | |
| Gallovidian | 30/04/2023 | |
| danpquinn | 06/07/2022 | |
| georgeh60 | 18/09/2021 | |
| walk livi | 29/06/2021 | |
| PaulineD | 29/06/2021 | |
| LesH | 16/09/2020 | |
| lindaross | 10/08/2020 | |
| Tricky | 12/10/2019 | |
| Simon Winton | 18/06/2019 | |
| NickF | 04/08/2018 | |
| Martyn1 | 14/06/2018 | |
| weaselmaster | 08/06/2018 | |
| Fi | 02/06/2018 | |
| scoob | 02/06/2018 |