- Height
- 1001.8 m · 3,287 ft
- Prominence
- 22.7 m
- Grid reference
- NN 44841 87761
- Coordinates
- 56.95506, -4.55300
- County / area
- Highland
- OS Landranger
- 34 42
- OS Explorer
- OL50 OL55 393 401
- Summit feature
- cairn remains on outcrop
- Key col
- NN 4466 8746 (979.1 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 56.955, -4.553. 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 remains on outcrop. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 24-Dec-20
- Drop measured from
- NN 4466 8746 · 979.1 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
Sron a' Choire is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Creag Meagaidh (1,128 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 979 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Puist Coire Ardair | 1070.8 m | 1.2 km |
| Stob Poite Coire Ardair | 1052.5 m | 2.2 km |
| Meall Coire Choille-rais | 1028 m | 2.2 km |
| Sron Coire a' Chriochairein | 991.9 m | 2.2 km |
| Meall an t-Snaim | 969.3 m | 2.9 km |
| Creag Meagaidh | 1128.1 m | 3 km |