Summit Register

Graham · Highland, Scotland

Burach

606.5 m

1,990 ftDrop 236 mNH 382 141

Finder: 119 Grahams in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBurach606.5Meall a' Chrathaich678.9Carn Mhic an Toisich678.2Glas-bheinn Mhor650.6Meall Fuar-mhonaidh698.4
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBurach606.5Meall a' Chrathaich678.9Carn Mhic an Toisich678.2
Looking north, 3224 km wide, heights ×816 (method).

Burach is a Graham of 606.5 m in Highland. Its closest neighbour in this register, Meall a' Chrathaich, is 8.2 km away.

All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Meall Fuar-mhonaidh at 698.4 m. Only five of the 737 hills profiled in Scotland are lower. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. It is the lowest of the ten register hills in the Loch Arkaig to Glen Moriston region, where Sron a' Choire Ghairbh is highest. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Cruach nam Miseag (606.6 m) and Well Hill (606.1 m). Its nearest higher summit, Carn na Caorach (610 m, 7.5 km north-west), is a listed top not profiled here. It is 259.2 m below the average height of the 427 register hills in Highland.

To scale

Summit606.5 mKey col371 msea level
Key col NH 330 103, 6.4 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

606.5 m732nd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

236 m572nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

7.5 km214th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Meall a' Chrathaich8.2 km north
    678.9 m
  2. 2
    Carn Mhic an Toisich8.5 km north-west
    678.2 m
  3. 3
    Glas-bheinn Mhor10.5 km north-east
    650.6 m
  4. 4
    Meall Fuar-mhonaidh10.9 km north-east
    698.4 m
1234Glas-bheinn MhorN5 km

Lists

  • 226th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 859th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Carn na Caorach, 610 m, 7.5 km north-west
Region
10C: Loch Arkaig to Glen Moriston
OS map
34
Summit
Knoll 15m NW of cairn
DoBIH no.
771
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Burach

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