Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Beag

About Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Beag

Sgurr a' Mhaoraich Beag is a 947.1-metre Munro Top of Sgùrr a' Mhaoraich, a 1,027-metre Munro rising north of Loch Cuaich in the north-western Highlands of Scotland. Seen from Kinloch Hourn to the west or from the north, the parent mountain presents large, steep rocky flanks and a complex pattern of ridges and corries, while its southern side, like that of neighbours such as Gleouraich, is gentler and grassier.

The parent's name has shifted over time: once known as Sgùrr a' Mhorair, 'peak of the nobleman', it appears on modern maps as Sgùrr a' Mhaoraich, from the Gaelic maorach, meaning shellfish — possibly an allusion to the ribbed summit, said to recall the shape of a shell. Most ascents begin from the shores of Loch Cuaich, to the south.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Sgùrr a' Mhaoraich (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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.

Finding the summit

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