Summit Register

Munro · Stirling, Scotland

Beinn a' Chroin

941.4 m

3,089 ftDrop 136.9 mNN 387 185

Finder: 14 Munros in Stirling

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Chroin941.4An Caisteal995.9Beinn Chabhair932.2Beinn Tulaichean945.8Cruach Ardrain1,045.9
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmBeinn a' Chroin941.4An Caisteal995.9Beinn Chabhair932.2
Looking north, 106 km wide, heights ×23 (method).

Beinn a' Chroin is a Munro of 941.4 m in Stirling. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Binnein Beag (941.5 m) and Carn Dearg (Highland, Perth and Kinross) (941 m).

It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 136.9 m of drop is short of 150 m. Its nearest higher summit, An Caisteal, is also the hill its key col leads to. The highest point is recorded as huge rounded rock, not a cairn. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 50 and 56.

To scale

Summit941.4 mKey col804.5 msea level
Key col NN 3815 1860, 0.6 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

941.4 m232nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

136.9 m911th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.2 km1003rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    An Caisteal1.2 km north-west
    995.9 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Chabhair2.1 km west
    932.2 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Tulaichean3.1 km east
    945.8 m
  4. 4
    Cruach Ardrain3.4 km north-east
    1,045.9 m
1234An CaistealBeinn ChabhairCruach ArdrainN2 km

Lists

  • 231st highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
An Caisteal, 995.9 m, 1.2 km north-west
Parent Marilyn
An Caisteal
Region
01C: Loch Lomond to Strathyre
OS map
50, 56
Summit
Huge rounded rock
DoBIH no.
2925
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn a' Chroin

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