Scotland

Stob Coir' an Albannaich

MunroMarilynHuMPSimmMurdo

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.

Stob Coir' an Albannaich, 1045 m, Argyll and Bute/Highland
Stob Coir' an Albannaich, 1045 m, Argyll and Bute/Highland. Photo by Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Height
1044.9 m · 3,428 ft
Grid reference
NN 16956 44294
Coordinates
56.55490, -4.97981
County / area
Argyll and Bute/Highland
OS Landranger
50
OS Explorer
377W
Summit feature
flat-topped cairn
Key col
NN163433 (738 m)

About Stob Coir' an Albannaich

Stob Coir' an Albannaich rises south of Glen Etive in the Grampian Mountains, straddling the boundary between Argyll and Bute and the Highland area. It is a hill that lends itself to a traverse rather than an out-and-back.

The summit stands at 1,045 m, giving Munro status along with Marilyn, HuMP, Simm and Murdo listings. Taynuilt, to the south, is the closest village.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Stob Coir' an Albannaich (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 56.555, -4.980. 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 flat-topped cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Leica RX1250
Record revised
29-Mar-23
Drop measured from
NN163433 · 738 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
Glas Bheinn Mhor 997.7 m 2.1 km
Meall nan Eun 928.1 m 2.4 km
Stob Coire Dheirg 1027.7 m 4.1 km
Stob a' Bhruaich Leith 941.5 m 4.2 km
Beinn nan Aighenan 959 m 4.3 km
Stob Dubh 883 m 4.5 km