Scotland
Leum Uilleim South Top
847M
2780FT
About Leum Uilleim South Top
Situated in the remote Corrour estate, this high shoulder offers a desolate yet atmospheric vantage point. Usually reached via a trackless, often boggy ascent from the isolated Corrour station, the summit provides an uncrowded perspective over the vast expanse of Rannoch Moor and its parent Corbett, Leum Uilleim.
Key Statistics
Rank
91st Highest in Region
Parent Range
Lochaber
Prominence
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32.5m
Nearest Town
Black Corries Lodge
Geology
You’re trekking across ancient, layered mud-based rocks and granite-like formations, crisscrossed by narrow bands of hardened volcanic stone.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NN332632
Latitude
56.7305°N
Longitude
4.7280°W
Did You Know?
- •Leum Uilleim translates from Gaelic as ‘William’s Leap’, purportedly named after a local hunter or a MacGregor escaping pursuit, though the exact identity of William is lost to time.
- •The hill is most easily accessed from Corrour station, the highest and most remote railway station in the UK, making it a classic ‘train-in, train-out’ walk.
- •Looking south-east from the summit, the vast, peat-stained plateau of Rannoch Moor stretches towards the horizon, punctuated by the distant, lonely spike of Schiehallion.
- •Given the notoriously saturated ground on the approach, the ‘leap’ in the hill’s name is frequently practiced by walkers trying to avoid a boot-full of Rannoch peat.