Scotland

Meall nan Ceapraichean

MunroHuMPSimmMurdo

3 classifications here — 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
976.8 m · 3,205 ft
Prominence
126.6 m
Grid reference
NH 25729 82536
Coordinates
57.79851, -4.93401
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
20
OS Explorer
436N
Summit feature
cairn on outcrop
Key col
NH 2617 8200 (850.2 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 57.799, -4.934. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn on outcrop. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica RX1250
Record revised
21-Jul-24
Drop measured from
NH 2617 8200 · 850.2 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 nan Ceapraichean is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Beinn Dearg (1,084 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 850 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

PeakHeightDistance
Ceann Garbh 967.1 m 0.6 km
Beinn Dearg 1084 m 1.4 km
Eididh nan Clach Geala 927 m 1.7 km
Cona' Mheall 977.8 m 2 km
Beinn Enaiglair 890 m 3.8 km
Meall Doire Faid 728.8 m 4.9 km