Meallach Chaitrine

Rising to 534 metres above Glen Orchy in the Central Highlands, this Dodd-classified summit occupies forested and rough moorland terrain northeast of Loch Awe. The ascent typically involves navigating plantation forestry and pathless ground, rewarding those who make the effort with relative solitude and wider views across Argyll's complex topography.

• •The name Meallach Chaitrine derives from Scottish Gaelic, with 'meallach' meaning lumpy or rounded, an apt description of its summit form, though the meaning of 'Chaitrine' remains less certain—possibly a personal name or local feature now lost to record.
• •The hill sits within extensive commercial forestry plantations that have significantly altered the character of its lower slopes, with forestry tracks offering navigational assistance through what would otherwise be pathless terrain.
• •Its grid reference NN657917 places it in relatively wild country between the better-known peaks of the Bridge of Orchy hills to the east and the Cruachan massif to the west, often overlooked by walkers heading for higher summits.