Fells/Meall Breac South Top
Scotland

Meall Breac South Top

534M
1752FT
Rank
75th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
Coylet

About Meall Breac South Top

A 534-metre Dodd rising above the eastern shore of Loch Fyne in Argyll, this grassy summit sits between Strachur and Inveraray. The South Top designation suggests a subsidiary peak, part of a broader ridge system common to this area of wooded hills and scattered farmland overlooking Scotland's longest sea loch.

Key Statistics

Rank
75th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
Coylet
Prominence
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36
Geology
You are walking on the Beinn Bheula Schist Formation. This bedrock consists of pelite, semipelite, and psammite, which are types of transformed mudstone and sandstone.
Classifications
Nearby Fells

Did You Know?

  • The name combines the Gaelic 'meall' meaning rounded hill with 'breac' meaning speckled or dappled, likely describing the patchy appearance of vegetation, rock, or heather across its slopes.
  • Its grid reference places it in the Cowal peninsula, a landscape shaped by ancient glaciation where sea lochs penetrate deep into the hills, creating the distinctive 'drowned valley' topography of Argyll's coastline.
  • As a South Top, this summit is part of a multi-topped ridge system, a common arrangement in Scottish hills where glacial erosion has carved several high points along a single massif.

Find It

OS Grid Reference
NS119924
Latitude
56.0873°N
Longitude
5.0248°W

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