Summit Register

Graham · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Doune Hill

734.5 m

2,410 ftDrop 695 mNS 290 970

Finder: 40 Grahams in Argyll and Bute

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmDoune Hill734.5Cruach an t-Sidhein683.6Beinn Eich701.5Mid Hill656.9Beinn a' Mhanaich708.8
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmDoune Hill734.5Cruach an t-Sidhein683.6Beinn Eich701.5
Looking north, 108 km wide, heights ×36 (method).

Doune Hill is a Graham of 734.5 m in Argyll and Bute. In the database's Loch Long to Loch Lomond region it is the highest of eight register hills, above Beinn Chaorach (Argyll and Bute) and six others.

Among the Grahams, only Sgurr na Coinnich, Beinn Mhor (Argyll and Bute) and Beinn na Caillich (Highland, NG601232) have more drop. Its drop of 695 m is 95% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 39 m above sea level. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Beinn a' Mhanaich, reaches 708.8 m. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Druim na Sgriodain (734.6 m) and Beinn Dearg Mhor (Highland, NG520284) (733.5 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Cnoc Coinnich, is a Corbett, 6.8 km to the north-west. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit734.5 mKey col39 mdrop 695 msea level
Key col NN 305 041, 7.3 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

734.5 m546th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

695 m63rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

6.8 km233rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Cruach an t-Sidhein1.6 km south-west
    683.6 m
  2. 2
    Beinn Eich2.7 km south-east
    701.5 m
  3. 3
    Mid Hill3.2 km east
    656.9 m
  4. 4
    Beinn a' Mhanaich3.3 km south-west
    708.8 m
1234Beinn EichMid HillN2 km

Lists

  • 40th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 549th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Cnoc Coinnich, 763.5 m, 6.8 km north-west
Region
01E: Loch Long to Loch Lomond
OS map
56
Summit
Small cairn 45m SSW of trig point
DoBIH no.
93
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Doune Hill

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