Marsco

About Marsco

Marsco stands in the Red Hills of Skye, east of Glen Sligachan. It can be reached from the right of way running through the glen from Sligachan to Loch Coruisk, or from Coire nam Bruadaran on the western side. The summit looks across to the main Cuillin ridge and out to sea, and many walkers rate it the finest of the Grahams.

The hill has an unusual pop-culture footprint. A photograph of Marsco and Glen Sligachan by Richard Nutt appeared on the cover of Organisation, the second album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in October 1980, and Runrig recorded a song titled 'Nightfall on Marsco' for their 1981 album Recovery.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Marsco (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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

Sunrise

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Daylight

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Civil twilight ends

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Computed astronomically for 57.249, -6.133. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is grassy mound 2m N of SE cairn. 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

29-Mar-23

Drop measured from

NG519242 · 323 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 lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Get food nearby

3 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).

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.

Nearest listed peaks