Meall Buidhe
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
- 945.5 m · 3,102 ft
- Prominence
- 497 m
- Grid reference
- NM 84902 98965
- Coordinates
- 57.03154, -5.54633
- County / area
- Highland
- Region
- Knoydart to Glen Kingie
- OS Landranger
- 33 40
- OS Explorer
- 398E 413S
- Summit feature
- rock 3m SW of cairn
- Key col
- NG 8560 0175 (448.5 m)
About Meall Buidhe
Meall Buidhe is one of the three Munros on the Knoydart peninsula in Lochaber. It is a rocky hill, and every line of approach to its summit presents difficulties. Inverie is the nearest village.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Meall Buidhe, Knoydart (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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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 57.032, -5.546. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
Loading forecast for the summit (946 m)…
Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
rock is c 40cm higher than base of cairn.
The recorded summit point is rock 3m SW of 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
- 02-Mar-24
- Drop measured from
- NG 8560 0175 · 448.5 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
One place 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandaig Lodge | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | Awaiting inspection | 9.2 km · W |
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 Meall Buidhe group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Meall Buidhe as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Meall Buidhe SE Top | 941 m | 32 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 Buidhe SE Top | 940.7 m | 0.4 km |
| Luinne Bheinn | 938.6 m | 2.7 km |
| Luinne Bheinn East Top | 936.1 m | 2.9 km |
| Beinn Bhuidhe | 855.4 m | 3.5 km |
| Beinn an Aodainn | 887 m | 5 km |
| Sgurr a' Choire-bheithe | 913.3 m | 5.4 km |