Meall an Fheur Loch

Rising from the remote, watery moorlands of Sutherland, this rugged Graham offers a true sense of isolation. Its terrain is quintessential North West Highlands: a mix of deep peat hags and trackless heather. Reaching the summit rewards the effort with an expansive perspective across the empty interior toward the peaks of Assynt.

• •The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic 'Meall an Fheur-locha', which translates as the 'hill of the grassy loch', likely referring to the vegetation-fringed lochans that sit in the high bowls surrounding the summit.
• •From the summit cairn, there is an uninterrupted view across the vast, empty interior of Sutherland toward the distinctive quartzite peaks of Arkle and Foinaven to the northwest and the massive bulk of Ben More Assynt to the southwest.
• •Most walkers approach from the A838 to the east near Loch Merkland, a route that requires careful navigation across trackless, undulating ground and several significant burn crossings.
• •While the name promises grass, any visitor should come prepared for the reality of the Sutherland interior: a complex labyrinth of peat hags that can make a straight line a mathematical impossibility.