Beinn a' Chreachain
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
- 1080.6 m · 3,545 ft
- Prominence
- 650 m
- Grid reference
- NN 37393 44067
- Coordinates
- 56.56039, -4.64757
- County / area
- Perth and Kinross
- OS Landranger
- 50
- OS Explorer
- OL48W 377E 378W
- Summit feature
- large cairn
- Key col
- NN392450 (431 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 56.560, -4.648. 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 large cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 08-Feb-15
- Drop measured from
- NN392450 · 431 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 Beinn a' Chreachain group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Beinn a' Chreachain as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Meall Buidhe | 977 m | 53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meall Buidhe | 977.2 m | 1.4 km |
| Beinn Mhanach | 952.5 m | 2.9 km |
| Beinn Achaladair | 1038.6 m | 3 km |
| Beinn a' Chuirn | 922.8 m | 3.4 km |
| Beinn Achaladair South Top | 1003.6 m | 3.7 km |
| Beinn an Dothaidh | 1004 m | 5.3 km |