An Caisteal
4 classifications here — Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 995.9 m · 3,267 ft
- Prominence
- 474 m
- Grid reference
- NN 37876 19338
- Coordinates
- 56.33862, -4.62437
- County / area
- Stirling
- Region
- Loch Lomond to Strathyre
- OS Landranger
- 50 56
- OS Explorer
- OL39N 364N
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NN397197 (522 m)
About An Caisteal
An Caisteal takes its name from the Gaelic for "the castle". It lies south of Crianlarich in the Breadalbane hills, within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, and just clears 995 m to qualify as a Munro.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on An Caisteal (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.
Access rights here
Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.
Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.
In defined Camping Management Zones (roughly 1 March – 30 September) camping requires a permit or use of a designated site, despite the general Scottish access right. Zones cover parts of east Loch Lomond, Trossachs lochshores and other honeypot areas.
General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland · check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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Computed astronomically for 56.339, -4.624. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- obvious summit/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 25-Feb-20
- Drop measured from
- NN397197 · 522 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
The An Caisteal group
2 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with An Caisteal as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Beinn a' Chroin | 941 m | 137 m |
| Beinn a' Chroin East Top | 940 m | 63 m |
Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.
Nearest listed peaks
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Beinn a' Chroin | 941.4 m | 1.2 km |
| Beinn a' Chroin East Top | 940.1 m | 1.7 km |
| Beinn Chabhair | 932.2 m | 1.8 km |
| Cruach Ardrain | 1045.9 m | 3.6 km |
| Beinn Tulaichean | 945.8 m | 3.8 km |
| Meall Mor | 746 m | 4.2 km |