Summit Register

Munro · Angus, Scotland

Tom Buidhe

957.8 m

3,142 ftDrop 72.6 mNO 213 787

Finder: 4 Munros in Angus

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmTom Buidhe957.8Tolmount957.8Cairn of Claise1,063.1Broad Cairn997.1Cairn Bannoch1,011.1
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmTom Buidhe957.8Tolmount957.8Cairn of Claise1,063.1
Looking north, 118 km wide, heights ×34 (method).

Tom Buidhe is a Munro of 957.8 m in Angus. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Cairn of Claise at 1,063.1 m.

Of the register hills in Angus, only Glas Maol stands higher. Its key col leads to Glas Maol, not to its nearest higher summit, Cairn of Claise. Of the 10 register hills in Angus, it has the smallest drop. It shares its height of 957.8 m with Tolmount. On the Munros height ladder it sits between Saileag (958.2 m) and Tolmount (957.8 m). It is a Munro but not a Marilyn: its 72.6 m of drop is short of 150 m.

To scale

Summit957.8 mKey col885.2 msea level
Key col NO 2032 7895, 1.0 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

957.8 m203rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

72.6 m1010th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.8 km611th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Tolmount1.3 km north
    957.8 m
  2. 2
    Cairn of Claise2.8 km west
    1,063.1 m
  3. 3
    Broad Cairn3.9 km north-east
    997.1 m
  4. 4
    Cairn Bannoch3.9 km north
    1,011.1 m
1234TolmountCairn of ClaiseBroad CairnCairn BannochN2 km

Lists

  • 202nd highest of 282 Munros

Record

Nearest higher
Cairn of Claise, 1,063.1 m, 2.8 km west
Parent Marilyn
Glas Maol
Region
07A: Braemar to Montrose
OS map
44
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
480
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Tom Buidhe

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