- Height
- 917.3 m · 3,010 ft
- Prominence
- 29.9 m
- Grid reference
- NN 46283 32475
- Coordinates
- 56.45934, -4.49622
- County / area
- Stirling
- OS Landranger
- 51
- OS Explorer
- OL48W 378W
- Summit feature
- small cairn
- Key col
- NN 4625 3229 (887.3 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.
In defined Camping Management Zones (roughly 1 March – 30 September) camping requires a permit or use of a designated site, despite the general Scottish access right. Zones cover parts of east Loch Lomond, Trossachs lochshores and other honeypot areas.
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 56.459, -4.496. 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
cairn on summit 85m N at NN 46300 32565 is 0.12m lower.
The recorded summit point is small 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
- 31-Mar-20
- Drop measured from
- NN 4625 3229 · 887.3 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.
Which hill this one belongs to
Meall a' Churain is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Sgiath Chuil (920 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 887 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sgiath Chuil | 920.1 m | 0.7 km |
| Beinn Cheathaich | 937.6 m | 1.9 km |
| Meall Glas | 959.3 m | 3.1 km |
| Beinn nan Imirean | 849 m | 4.6 km |
| Meall nan Subh | 806 m | 7.3 km |
| Beinn Sheasgarnaich | 1077.4 m | 7.6 km |