Summit Register

Munro · Argyll and Bute, Stirling, Scotland

Beinn a' Chleibh

916.3 m

3,006 ftDrop 139.9 mNN 250 256

Finder: 282 Munros in Scotland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Chleibh916.3Ben Lui1,131.4Meall nan Gabhar744Beinn na Sroine635.8Ben Oss1,029.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Chleibh916.3Ben Lui1,131.4Meall nan Gabhar744
Looking north, 116 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Beinn a' Chleibh is a Munro of 916.3 m in Argyll and Bute, Stirling. It is the highest of the 5 register hills recorded in Argyll and Bute, Stirling; the next is Beinn Odhar at 900.8 m, 15.5 m lower.

It clears the 3,000 ft line (914.4 m) by only 1.9 m. It sits below Ben Lui, only 1.7 km to the north-east and 215.1 m higher. Its key col leads to Ben Lui, not to its nearest higher summit, Ben Lui NW Top. Of the 5 register hills in Argyll and Bute, Stirling, it has the smallest drop. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 139.9 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, Ben Lui NW Top (1,127 m, 1.7 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit916.3 mKey col776.5 msea level
Key col NN 2567 2589, 0.7 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

916.3 m280th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

139.9 m902nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.7 km868th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Ben Lui1.7 km north-east
    1,131.4 m
  2. 2
    Meall nan Gabhar2.2 km south-west
    744 m
  3. 3
    Beinn na Sroine3.7 km north-west
    635.8 m
  4. 4
    Ben Oss3.7 km east
    1,029.8 m
1234Ben LuiMeall nan GabharBeinn na SroineBen OssN2 km

Lists

  • 279th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Ben Lui NW Top, 1,127 m, 1.7 km north-east
Parent Marilyn
Ben Lui
Region
01D: Inveraray to Crianlarich
OS map
50
Summit
Rock by middle one of three cairns
DoBIH no.
75
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn a' Chleibh

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). How high are the Munros?