Summit Register

Corbett · Perth and Kinross, Scotland

The Sow of Atholl

798.9 m

Meall an Dobharchain

2,621 ftDrop 160.8 mNN 625 741

Finder: 21 Corbetts in Perth and Kinross

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmThe Sow of Atholl798.9Sgairneach Mhor991.4A' Mharconaich973.2Meall na Leitreach777.1Beinn Udlamain1,010.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmThe Sow of Atholl798.9Sgairneach Mhor991.4A' Mharconaich973.2
Looking north, 138 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

The Sow of Atholl is a Corbett of 798.9 m in Perth and Kinross. It sits below Sgairneach Mhor, only 2.8 km to the west and 192.5 m higher.

The higher hill nearest to it, Sgairneach Mhor, is a Munro, 2.8 km to the west. Its other name is Meall an Dobharchain.

To scale

Summit798.9 mKey col638.2 msea level
Key col NN 6186 7347, 0.9 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

798.9 m443rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

160.8 m826th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.8 km611th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Sgairneach Mhor2.8 km west
    991.4 m
  2. 2
    A' Mharconaich3.0 km north-west
    973.2 m
  3. 3
    Meall na Leitreach4.1 km south-east
    777.1 m
  4. 4
    Beinn Udlamain4.6 km west
    1,010.2 m
1234Sgairneach MhorA' MharconaichN2 km

Lists

  • 160th highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 410th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Sgairneach Mhor, 991.4 m, 2.8 km west
Region
05A: Loch Ericht to Glen Tromie & Glen Garry
OS map
42
Summit
Cairn on boulder
DoBIH no.
401
Map of Britain and Ireland marking The Sow of Atholl

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