Scotland
Meall Tionail
900M
2952FT
About Meall Tionail
Tucked deep within the remote Atholl Forest, this broad, rounded shoulder sits just shy of Munro height. It forms part of the high, peat-scarred plateau north of Beinn Dearg. The terrain is demanding and pathless, offering a sense of profound isolation overlooking the desolate upper reaches of the River Bruar.
Key Statistics
Rank
35th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Data coming soon
Prominence
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45m
Nearest Town
Glenfeshie Lodge
Geology
You are trekking across tough granite from the Glen Tilt formation, created when molten rock cooled and hardened deep beneath the earth.
Classifications
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OS Grid Reference
NN891848
Latitude
56.9418°N
Longitude
3.8237°W
Did You Know?
- •The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic 'Meall Tionail', meaning the 'hill of gathering'. This likely refers to its historical use as a location for rounding up livestock or deer from the surrounding high summer pastures.
- •At 899.7 metres, it is a tantalising 14.7 metres short of the 3,000ft threshold required for Munro status. Instead, it is classified as a Corbett Top, linked to the higher mass of Beinn Dearg to the south.
- •The summit provides an excellent vantage point over the steep-sided trench of Gleann Diridh and the remote Gaick Forest, with clear views across the wilderness to the lonely Munros of An Sgarsoch and Càrn an Fhidhleir.
- •The approach is famously long; most walkers tackle it as part of a multi-peak expedition starting from Blair Atholl, following the private road up Glen Bruar before heading into the trackless interior.
- •At just three millimetres of map-scale elevation away from being a Munro, it is the mountain equivalent of a runner finishing fourth in an Olympic final—impressive, but missing out on the only list most people care about.