Lurg Mhor
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
- 987.5 m · 3,240 ft
- Prominence
- 443 m
- Grid reference
- NH 06483 40440
- Coordinates
- 57.41309, -5.22367
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 25
- OS Explorer
- 429
- Summit feature
- cairn on rock outcrop
- Key col
- NH046423 (545 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 57.413, -5.224. 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
outcrop at base of cairn is 20-30cm higher than rock c 40m WNW.
The recorded summit point is cairn on rock outcrop. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 08-Jun-25
- Drop measured from
- NH046423 · 545 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.
Long-distance paths past this hill
One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Wrath Trail (Morvich → Bendronaig) | 30 km | 1.9 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
The Lurg Mhor group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Lurg Mhor as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Meall Mor | 974 m | 39 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 Mor | 974 m | 0.7 km |
| Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich | 945 m | 1.8 km |
| Beinn Tharsuinn | 861.2 m | 3 km |
| Beinn Dronaig | 796.8 m | 3.6 km |
| Sgurr Choinnich | 999.3 m | 4.3 km |
| Sgurr a' Chaorachain | 1053 m | 4.8 km |