Summit Register

Corbett · Argyll and Bute, Highland, Scotland

Fraochaidh

879 m

2,884 ftDrop 551 mNN 029 517

Finder: 222 Corbetts in Scotland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFraochaidh879Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhonuill1,002.1Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhearg1,024.2Beinn Sgulaird935Sgorr a' Choise661.8
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFraochaidh879Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhonuill1,002.1Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhearg1,024.2
Looking north, 1914 km wide, heights ×47 (method).

Fraochaidh is a Corbett of 879 m in Argyll and Bute, Highland. No register hill in Argyll and Bute, Highland has a greater drop, though Stob Ghabhar is higher.

It sits below Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhonuill, only 4.0 km to the north and 123.1 m higher. It shares its height of 879 m with Sguman Coinntich. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Sgurr Mhurlagain (880 m) and Sguman Coinntich (879 m). The higher hill nearest to it, Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhonuill, is a Munro, 4.0 km to the north.

To scale

Summit879 mKey col328 mdrop 551 msea level
Key col NN 091 540, 6.6 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

879 m333rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

551 m153rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.0 km427th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 11,002.1 m
  2. 21,024.2 m
  3. 3
    Beinn Sgulaird6.1 km south-east
    935 m
  4. 4
    Sgorr a' Choise6.5 km north-east
    661.8 m
1234Beinn SgulairdSgorr a' ChoiseN2 km

Lists

  • 50th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 274th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Beinn a' Bheithir – Sgorr Dhonuill, 1,002.1 m, 4.0 km north
Region
03B: Loch Linnhe to Loch Etive
OS map
41
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
212
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Fraochaidh

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