Scotland
Meall na h-Uinneig
745M
2444FT
About Meall na h-Uinneig
Rising above Glen Banchor near Newtonmore, this rounded Monadhliath summit provides a quiet, heathery escape from the busier Munros nearby. It is a place of solitude, where the rolling plateau reveals expansive views across the Spey Valley toward the high granite giants of the Cairngorms National Park.
Key Statistics
Rank
140th Highest in Region
Parent Range
The Grampians
Prominence
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36m
Nearest Town
Laggan
Geology
You are walking over layers of transformed sandstone and mudstone. These are toughened by bands of hard quartz rock and coarse mineral veins.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NN628967
Latitude
57.0409°N
Longitude
4.2628°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is derived from the Gaelic Meall na h-Uinneig, meaning 'Hill of the Window', which likely refers to a notch or gap in the summit ridge that frames the sky when viewed from the valley floor.
- •While often overlooked in favour of the neighbouring Munro, A' Chailleach, this summit provides a superior vantage point for looking north into the wild, uninhabited headwaters of the River Dulnain.
- •The ascent from the south follows the Allt a' Chaorainn into a landscape of vast peat moorland, where the lack of formal paths offers a more traditional Highland navigational challenge than the well-trodden routes nearby.
- •Hillwalkers frequently find that 'Hill of the Window' is an optimistic title for a peak where the most common view is a close-up of the peat hags you are currently trying to extract your boots from.