Summit Register

Munro · Angus, Scotland

Driesh

947.6 m

3,109 ftDrop 136.9 mNO 271 735

Finder: 4 Munros in Angus

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmDriesh947.6Mayar928.6Tom Buidhe957.8Broad Cairn997.1Badandun Hill740.3
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmDriesh947.6Mayar928.6Tom Buidhe957.8
Looking north, 2522 km wide, heights ×610 (method).

Driesh is a Munro of 947.6 m in Angus. Of the register hills in Angus, only Glas Maol and Tom Buidhe stand higher.

Its key col leads to Glas Maol, not to its nearest higher summit, Tom Buidhe. It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 136.9 m of drop is short of 150 m. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit947.6 mKey col810.7 msea level
Key col NO 2603 7380, 1.1 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

947.6 m219th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

136.9 m911th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

7.7 km207th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Mayar3.0 km west
    928.6 m
  2. 2
    Tom Buidhe7.7 km north-west
    957.8 m
  3. 3
    Broad Cairn8.5 km north
    997.1 m
  4. 4
    Badandun Hill8.5 km south-west
    740.3 m
1234MayarTom BuidheBroad CairnBadandun HillN5 km

Lists

  • 218th highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Tom Buidhe, 957.8 m, 7.7 km north-west
Parent Marilyn
Glas Maol
Region
07A: Braemar to Montrose
OS map
44
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
483
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Driesh

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