Aonach Meadhoin
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
- 1001 m · 3,284 ft
- Prominence
- 174 m
- Grid reference
- NH 04885 13749
- Coordinates
- 57.17303, -5.22917
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Loch Duich to Cannich
- OS Landranger
- 33
- OS Explorer
- 414N 414S
- Summit feature
- embedded rock 8m SSW of cairn
- Key col
- NH040138 (827 m)
About Aonach Meadhoin
Aonach Meadhoin sits in Kintail, on the northern side of Glen Shiel about 31 km southeast of Kyle of Lochalsh. It reaches just over 1,000 m and is one of the Munros ranged along that side of the glen.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Aonach Meadhoin (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.
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 57.173, -5.229. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (1001 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
higher ground may exist under the cairn.
The recorded summit point is embedded rock 8m SSW of cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 10-Nov-12
- Drop measured from
- NH040138 · 827 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.
Get food nearby
One place to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluanie Inn | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | Pass | 5.5 km · SE |
Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.
Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.
The Aonach Meadhoin group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Aonach Meadhoin as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Sgurr an Fhuarail | 987 m | 71 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sgurr an Fhuarail | 987 m | 0.6 km |
| Sgurr a' Bhealaich Dheirg | 1036 m | 1.5 km |
| Am Bathach | 798.1 m | 2.5 km |
| Ciste Dhubh | 981.1 m | 3.2 km |
| Saileag | 956 m | 3.3 km |
| A' Chraileag | 1120 m | 4.6 km |