Summit Register

Graham · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Cruach nan Capull

612 m

2,008 ftDrop 486 mNS 095 795

Finder: 40 Grahams in Argyll and Bute

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCruach nan Capull612Cruach Neuran607.3Sgorach Mor602.2Beinn Ruadh664.6Beinn Mhor741.5
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCruach nan Capull612Cruach Neuran607.3Sgorach Mor602.2
Looking north, 3315 km wide, heights ×1112 (method).

Cruach nan Capull is a Graham of 612 m in Argyll and Bute. It clears the 2,000 ft line (609.6 m) by only 2.4 m.

Its drop of 486 m is 79% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 126 m above sea level. Only 16 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 shares its height of 612 m with Heron Pike (Rydal). On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Stac Pollaidh (612.4 m) and Beinn a' Mheadhoin (611.9 m). Its nearest higher summit, Clach Bheinn (643 m, 9.6 km north), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit612 mKey col126 mdrop 486 msea level
Key col NS 083 837, 4.4 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

612 m721st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

486 m201st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

9.6 km158th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Cruach Neuran2.8 km north-west
    607.3 m
  2. 2
    Sgorach Mor5.4 km north
    602.2 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Ruadh10.7 km north-east
    664.6 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Mhor11.3 km north
    741.5 m
1234Cruach NeuranSgorach MorBeinn RuadhBeinn MhorN5 km

Lists

  • 215th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 840th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Clach Bheinn, 643 m, 9.6 km north
Region
19C: Loch Fyne to Bute and the Firth of Clyde
OS map
63
Summit
Rock 6m NE of cairn
DoBIH no.
1432
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cruach nan Capull

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