Meall Fhuaran

Rising to 551 metres in the remote Northwest Highlands, this Dodd sits in challenging terrain typical of Wester Ross. The climb involves rough ground and navigation across pathless hillside, rewarding those who venture here with solitude and a genuine sense of wilderness rarely found on more accessible hills.

• •The name Meall Fhuaran derives from Scottish Gaelic, with 'meall' meaning a rounded hill or lump, and 'fuar' meaning cold, suggesting this was long known as 'the cold rounded hill' – likely a reference to its exposed position in the Northwest Highlands where maritime winds sweep in from the Atlantic.
• •At 551 metres, this hill falls well short of Munro status but qualifies as both a Dodd and a Tump, the latter requiring at least 30 metres of prominence – a mark of its standing as a distinct summit in this rugged landscape rather than merely a shoulder of a larger peak.