Scotland

Sgurr an Fhidhleir

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Sgurr an Fhidhleir, 704 m, Highland
Sgurr an Fhidhleir, 704 m, Highland. Photo by Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
703.9 m · 2,309 ft
Prominence
160.3 m
Grid reference
NC 09443 05440
Coordinates
57.99729, -5.22594
County / area
Highland
OS Landranger
15
OS Explorer
439W
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NC 0970 0490 (543.6 m)

About Sgurr an Fhidhleir

The name means "Hill of the Fiddler", and the hill's chief feature is the wall of rock beneath its top: the summit stands directly above a vertical cliff some 500 metres high. It lies in the Coigach district of Ross and Cromarty, in the Northwest Highlands.

Walkers commonly take it together with the adjoining Ben More Coigach. The nearest settlements are Badenscallie, around 5 km west, and others strung along the coast road running south from Achiltibuie; Ullapool is the nearest town of any size.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Sgùrr an Fhidhleir (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 57.997, -5.226. 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 broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Leica RX1250
Record revised
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
NC 0970 0490 · 543.6 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
Ben More Coigach 743.4 m 1.2 km
Beinn an Eoin 619 m 1.4 km
Stac Pollaidh 612.4 m 5.3 km
Cul Beag 769.4 m 5.7 km
Cul Mor 849.7 m 9.3 km
Beinn Ghobhlach 634.9 m 11.7 km