Summit Register

Corbett · Highland, Scotland

Stob Coire a' Chearcaill

771 m

2,530 ftDrop 575 mNN 016 726

Finder: 134 Corbetts in Highland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmStob Coire a' Chearcaill771Druim na Sgriodain734.6Glas Bheinn635.3Beinn na Gucaig616Meall nan Damh723.4
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmStob Coire a' Chearcaill771Druim na Sgriodain734.6Glas Bheinn635.3
Looking north, 2923 km wide, heights ×612 (method).

Stob Coire a' Chearcaill is a Corbett of 771 m in Highland. Its closest neighbour in this register, Druim na Sgriodain, is 8.0 km away.

Its drop of 575 m is 75% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 196 m above sea level. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Druim na Sgriodain, reaches 734.6 m. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Meall Lighiche (771.2 m) and Carn Dearg (Highland, NN357948) (769.6 m). Its nearest higher summit, Meall a' Chaorainn (909.6 m, 12.0 km south-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit771 mKey col196 mdrop 575 msea level
Key col NM 958 727, 5.8 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

771 m491st highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

575 m137th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

12.0 km118th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Druim na Sgriodain8.0 km south-west
    734.6 m
  2. 2
    Glas Bheinn8.3 km west
    635.3 m
  3. 3
    Beinn na Gucaig8.7 km south-east
    616 m
  4. 4
    Meall nan Damh9.9 km west
    723.4 m
1234Glas BheinnBeinn na GucaigN5 km

Lists

  • 207th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 472nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Meall a' Chaorainn, 909.6 m, 12.0 km south-east
Region
18B: Sunart and Ardgour
OS map
41
Summit
Large cairn 28m SW of trig point
DoBIH no.
1356
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Stob Coire a' Chearcaill

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