Sean Mheall

Rising above the historic Corrieyairack Pass south of Fort Augustus, this bulky Grampian peak offers a wild, pathless experience. Its broad, heathery plateau provides a superb vantage point for looking down the Great Glen toward Loch Ness and across the undulating, peat-scarred interior of the Monadhliath mountains.

• •The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic 'Sean Mheall', which translates as 'Old Hill' or 'Old Rounded Hill', accurately describing the weathered, bulky character of this high plateau.
• •The hill sits immediately east of the Corrieyairack Pass; this 18th-century military road was built by General Wade and later used by Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite army during the 1745 uprising.
• •From the summit, the view north-west is dominated by the Great Glen fault line, with the waters of Loch Oich and Loch Ness visible cutting through the Highland landscape.
• •Despite standing at a significant 2,912 feet, the hill is classified as a Tump rather than a Corbett because it lacks the 150 metres of prominence required to separate it from its higher neighbour, Carn Ban.
• •The summit offers a front-row seat to the Beauly-Denny power line, providing a stark, industrial contrast to the otherwise remote and rugged moorland of the surrounding Monadhliath.