Ben Starav
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
- 1079.5 m · 3,542 ft
- Prominence
- 448.8 m
- Grid reference
- NN 12580 42705
- Coordinates
- 56.53892, -5.04975
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Glen Etive to Glen Lochy
- OS Landranger
- 50
- OS Explorer
- 377W
- Summit feature
- cairn
- Key col
- NN 1877 4597 (630.6 m)
About Ben Starav
Ben Starav rises straight out of the sea loch of Loch Etive at its western foot, in the Lorn district of Argyll. Ridges, steep corries and waterfalls surround the summit.
It is the highest of a group that also takes in Glas Bheinn Mhor, Beinn nan Aighenan and Stob Coir' an Albannaich.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ben Starav (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 56.539, -5.050. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (1080 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
trig point destroyed.
The recorded summit point is cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 15-Dec-19
- Drop measured from
- NN 1877 4597 · 630.6 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 Ben Starav group
3 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Ben Starav as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Coire Dheirg | 1,028 m | 13 m |
| Meall Cruidh | 930 m | 35 m |
| Stob an Duine Ruaidh | 918 m | 66 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stob Coire Dheirg | 1027.7 m | 0.6 km |
| Meall Cruidh | 930 m | 1.2 km |
| Stob an Duine Ruaidh | 918 m | 1.7 km |
| Glas Bheinn Mhor | 997.7 m | 2.8 km |
| Beinn nan Aighenan | 959 m | 3.1 km |
| Beinn Trilleachan | 840 m | 4.1 km |