Carn Mairg
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
- 1043 m · 3,422 ft
- Prominence
- 466.9 m
- Grid reference
- NN 68492 51252
- Coordinates
- 56.63464, -4.14562
- County / area
- Perth and Kinross
- OS Landranger
- 42 51
- OS Explorer
- OL48E OL49W 378E 386W
- Summit feature
- large cairn
- Key col
- NN 6942 5495 (576 m)
About Carn Mairg
Carn Mairg, Carn na Mairc in Gaelic, stands on the north side of Glen Lyon in Perthshire, within the Breadalbane region. It gives its name to the 'Carn Mairg group', a set of four Munros gathered together above the glen.
The summit reaches 1,042 m and is listed as a Munro, Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Càrn Mairg (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 56.635, -4.146. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (1043 m)…
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
- obvious summit/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 29-Mar-23
- Drop measured from
- NN 6942 5495 · 576 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
2 places 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fortingall Hotel | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | Pass | 7 km · SE |
| Rannoch Studio | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | Pass | 7.8 km · N |
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 Carn Mairg group
4 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Carn Mairg as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Meall Liath | 1,014 m | 60 m |
| Meall a' Bharr | 1,003 m | 34 m |
| Meall na Aighean | 981 m | 136 m |
| Meall Garbh | 968 m | 102 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 Liath | 1013.7 m | 0.8 km |
| Meall a' Bharr | 1003.2 m | 1.7 km |
| Meall na Aighean | 981 m | 1.9 km |
| Meall Garbh | 967.5 m | 3.8 km |
| An Sgorr | 924.6 m | 4.4 km |
| Schiehallion | 1083.3 m | 4.5 km |