Scotland

Meall nan Eun

MunroMarilynHuMPSimmMurdo

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.

Meall nan Eun, 928 m, Argyll and Bute
Meall nan Eun, 928 m, Argyll and Bute. Photo by Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
928.1 m · 3,045 ft
Prominence
174.5 m
Grid reference
NN 19252 44894
Coordinates
56.56118, -4.94293
County / area
Argyll and Bute
OS Landranger
50
OS Explorer
377E
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NN 1746 4461 (753.6 m)

About Meall nan Eun

Meall nan Eun, 928 metres, lies east of Glen Etive in Argyll and Bute, in the Grampians. It is a dome of a hill - rounded on top, with a summit plateau, but steep-sided.

Walks generally begin in Glen Etive, and the neighbouring Munro Stob Coir'an Albannaich is often combined with it.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Meall nan Eun (Munro) (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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Computed astronomically for 56.561, -4.943. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn is c 40m SE of spot height on 25K OS map.

The recorded summit point is cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica RX1250
Record revised
29-Mar-23
Drop measured from
NN 1746 4461 · 753.6 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.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Stob a' Bhruaich Leith 941.5 m 1.9 km
Stob Coir' an Albannaich 1044.9 m 2.4 km
Sron a' Ghearrain 990 m 2.9 km
Stob Ghabhar 1089.2 m 3.8 km
Glas Bheinn Mhor 997.7 m 4.4 km
Stob Dubh 883 m 4.7 km