Scotland

Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Beag

Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Beag, 947 m, Highland
Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Beag, 947 m, Highland. Photo by foolfillment, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
947.1 m · 3,107 ft
Grid reference
NG 97728 06733
Coordinates
57.10701, -5.34165
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
33
OS Explorer
414S
Summit feature
outcrop 8m NE of cairn
Key col
NG 9790 0675 (918.9 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 57.107, -5.342. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

outcrop is 20-30cm higher than base of cairn.

The recorded summit point is outcrop 8m NE 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
27-Jan-24
Drop measured from
NG 9790 0675 · 918.9 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

Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Beag is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Sgurr a' Mhaoraich (1,027 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 919 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
Sgurr a' Mhaoraich 1026.6 m 0.7 km
Buidhe Bheinn 885.5 m 2.7 km
Creag nan Damh 917.2 m 4.5 km
Sgurr an Lochain 1004 m 4.7 km
Sgurr an Doire Leathain 1010 m 4.9 km
Sgurr nan Eugallt 897.5 m 5.3 km