Fells/Meall na Doire na Saobhaidhe
Scotland
Meall na Doire na Saobhaidhe
566M
1857FT
Rank
125th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
Auchlunachan
About Meall na Doire na Saobhaidhe
Rising to 566 metres in the Northwest Highlands, this remotely positioned Dodd occupies rough terrain north of Loch Monar. The Gaelic name references a sloping copse or small wood, though the summit landscape today is characteristically bare and exposed. Approached most readily from Glen Strathfarrar, though access requires negotiating estate restrictions.
Key Statistics
Rank
125th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Scotland
Nearest Town
Auchlunachan
Prominence
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35
Geology
As you hike, you are walking across the Morar and Glenfinnan rock groups. The landscape is built from hard metamorphic sandstones and layered metamorphic rocks.
Classifications
Did You Know?
- •The name translates from Scottish Gaelic as 'hill of the wood of the sloping place' or 'crooked wood', likely referencing vegetation patterns that were more prominent before centuries of grazing and climate change stripped much of the Highland landscape bare.
- •The summit lies within one of Scotland's most inaccessible glens, with Glen Strathfarrar's gated private road requiring advance permission from the estate and limited to a set number of vehicles per day.
- •Though modest in height, this hill occupies exceptionally wild country north of Loch Monar, surrounded by a scatter of similar-height Munros and Corbetts that form one of the least-visited pockets of the Northwest Highlands.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NH122758
Latitude
57.7325°N
Longitude
5.1559°W
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