Stroc-bheinn

Rising above the crofting township of Mugeary, this unassuming moorland summit offers a quiet alternative to Skye’s busier peaks. It is a landscape of rough grass and basaltic outcrops, providing a grandstand view across Loch Portree toward the Old Man of Storr and the jagged skyline of the Black Cuillin.

• •The hill is internationally significant to geologists as the 'type locality' for mugearite, a basaltic volcanic rock first identified here by Alfred Harker in 1904 and named after the nearby settlement of Mugeary.
• •Its name is likely derived from the Gaelic 'stroc', meaning a stripe or streak, which may refer to the distinctive drainage lines or horizontal basalt tiers that score its northern slopes.
• •The 400-metre summit offers an exceptional perspective on Portree and its harbour, as well as clear lines of sight to the distinctive table-top profile of Dun Caan on the Isle of Raasay.
• •While it is classified as a Hump and a Tump, the lack of a formal path means the ascent is a characteristically boggy Skye experience that ensures you will likely have the summit entirely to yourself.