Scotland

An Coileachan

MunroHuMPSimmMurdo

3 classifications here — 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
924 m · 3,031 ft
Prominence
148.3 m
Grid reference
NH 24174 68012
Coordinates
57.66763, -4.94950
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
20
OS Explorer
436S
Summit feature
flat rock 7m NW of cairn
Key col
NH 2372 6859 (775.7 m)

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.

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 57.668, -4.949. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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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 flat rock 7m NW of cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
obvious summit/Leica RX1250
Record revised
31-Mar-20
Drop measured from
NH 2372 6859 · 775.7 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.

Which hill this one belongs to

An Coileachan is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Sgurr Mor (1,109 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 776 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

PeakHeightDistance
Meall Gorm SE Top 922.4 m 1.5 km
Meall Gorm 949.7 m 2.5 km
Meall nam Peithirean 974.3 m 4.5 km
Beinn Liath Mhor Fannaich 954.2 m 4.9 km
Beinn Liath Mhor a' Ghiubhais Li 766 m 5.1 km
Sgurr Mor 1108.9 m 5.4 km