Sgiath Chuil
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
- 920.1 m · 3,019 ft
- Prominence
- 311 m
- Grid reference
- NN 46294 31786
- Coordinates
- 56.45316, -4.49564
- County / area
- Stirling
- OS Landranger
- 51
- OS Explorer
- OL48W 378W
- Summit feature
- cairn on outcrop
- Key col
- NN454325 (609 m)
About Sgiath Chuil
Sgiath Chùil stands in the southern Highlands about 11 kilometres west of Killin, on the northern edge of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It reaches 920 metres, enough for Munro status, and carries sufficient prominence to be a Marilyn as well.
Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Sgiath Chùil (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.
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 56.453, -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
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
- Abney level/Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 31-Mar-20
- Drop measured from
- NN454325 · 609 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.
The Sgiath Chuil group
One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Sgiath Chuil as the independent hill at its head.
| Summit | Height | Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Meall a' Churain | 917 m | 30 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 a' Churain | 917.3 m | 0.7 km |
| Beinn Cheathaich | 937.6 m | 2.1 km |
| Meall Glas | 959.3 m | 3.2 km |
| Beinn nan Imirean | 849 m | 4.4 km |
| Beinn Challuim | 1024.9 m | 7.6 km |
| Beinn Challuim South Top | 998.3 m | 7.6 km |