Summit Register

Graham · Highland, Scotland

Beinn Direach

688.9 m

2,260 ftDrop 152 mNC 406 380

Finder: 119 Grahams in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn Direach688.9Carn an Tionail758.5Ben Hee873Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill800.8Sabhal Beag730.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBeinn Direach688.9Carn an Tionail758.5Ben Hee873
Looking north, 1713 km wide, heights ×58 (method).

Beinn Direach is a Graham of 688.9 m in Highland. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 2 m.

Only four Grahams have less drop. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Ben Hee at 873 m. It is the lowest of the 12 register hills in the Durness to Loch Shin region, where Ben Hope is highest. Its nearest higher summit, A' Ghlaise (749.5 m, 1.6 km west), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit688.9 mKey col536.9 msea level
Key col NC 40038 38550, 0.8 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

688.9 m625th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

152 m873rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carn an Tionail1.7 km north-west
    758.5 m
  2. 2
    Ben Hee4.6 km south-east
    873 m
  3. 3800.8 m
  4. 4
    Sabhal Beag5.9 km north-west
    730.4 m
1234Carn an TionailBen HeeSabhal BeagN2 km

Lists

  • 119th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 667th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
A' Ghlaise, 749.5 m, 1.6 km west
Region
16B: Durness to Loch Shin
OS map
16
Summit
Embedded slabby rock 30m NNE of cairn
DoBIH no.
1135
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Beinn Direach

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures