Stob Bealach a' Chuirn

A modest summit in Wester Ross, rising to 503 metres above the rugged coastline north of Applecross. The Gaelic name translates as 'peak of the pass of the cairn', suggesting its position overlooking an old route through the hills. Its Dodd and Tump classifications reflect a hill with sufficient prominence to stand clear of its neighbours in this dramatic landscape.

• •The name Stob Bealach a' Chuirn comes from Scottish Gaelic, meaning 'peak of the pass of the cairn' – 'stob' denoting a pointed summit, 'bealach' a mountain pass, and 'carn' (mutated to 'chuirn') referring to a cairn or pile of stones that likely marked the route through the pass below.
• •The grid reference places this hill in the remote country between Loch Torridon and Loch Carron, an area where roads are few and the terrain remains genuinely wild.
• •At 503 metres, it qualifies as a Dodd – a classification for hills in the Scottish Highlands between 2000 and 2999 feet with at least 30 metres of prominence – making it one of the lower members of this category.