Summit Register

Corbett · Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles], Scotland

An Cliseam

800 m

Clisham

2,625 ftDrop 800 mNB 154 073

Finder: 222 Corbetts in Scotland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmAn Cliseam800Uisgneabhal Mor730.1Oireabhal662.2Tiorga Mor680Hartaval668.3
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmAn Cliseam800Uisgneabhal Mor730.1Oireabhal662.2
Looking north, 17821 km wide, heights ×4214 (method).

An Cliseam is a Corbett of 800 m in Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles]. Its key col is at sea level, so all 800 m of its height counts as drop.

It is the highest of the 6 register hills recorded in Na h-Eileanan Siar [Western Isles]; the next is Uisgneabhal Mor at 730.1 m, 69.9 m lower. Nothing higher stands within 81.2 km; the nearest higher summit is Creag an Fhithich (801 m), to the south-east. Its drop is the 5th greatest among the Corbetts, behind Goatfell at the top. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Uisgneabhal Mor, reaches 730.1 m. In the database's Harris and Nearby Islands region it is the highest of four register hills, above Uisgneabhal Mor, Tiorga Mor and Oireabhal. Its other name is Clisham. The highest point is recorded as rock, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 13 and 14.

To scale

Summit800 mdrop 800 msea level
The key col is at sea level, so the drop is the full height: 800 m.

Where it stands

Height

800 m442nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

800 m35th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

81.2 km13th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Uisgneabhal Mor3.6 km west
    730.1 m
  2. 2
    Oireabhal7.5 km west
    662.2 m
  3. 3
    Tiorga Mor10.7 km west
    680 m
  4. 4
    Hartaval61.4 km south-east
    668.3 m
1234Uisgneabhal MorOireabhalTiorga MorHartavalN10 km

Lists

  • 159th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 409th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Creag an Fhithich, 801 m, 81.2 km south-east
Region
24B: Harris and Nearby Islands
OS map
13, 14
Summit
Rock
DoBIH no.
1587
Map of Britain and Ireland marking An Cliseam

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The highest hills in each country and county