Meall Garbh (Càrn Mairg Group)
| Meall Garbh | |
| Perthshire | |
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 Meall Garbh from Càrn Gorm | |
| Summit: | 3,176 feet NN647517 56°38’15"N, 4°12’27"W |
Meall Garbh is a mountain in Perthshire, which reaches a height of 3,176 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a Munro.
It stands on the north side of Glen Lyon. Its flat summit of the hill has two tops of almost equal height, the north-west summit being considered the higher and so listed in the Munro Tables.
Meall Garbh is usually climbed as part of a circuit of the watershed of the Invervar burn, a nine-mile route taking four Munros. If done clockwise, Meall Garbh is the second summit reached, following Càrn Gorm. The subsequent two summits are Càrn Mairg and Meall nan Aighean.
The summit cairn of Meall Garbh is unusual in that it is composed of old iron stake posts, rather than stones.
References
- The Munros, Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1986, Donald Bennett (Editor) ISBN 0-907521-13-4
- In the Hills of Breadalbane, V.A. Firsoff, no ISBN
- The Munros, Scotland's Highest Mountains, Cameron McNeish, ISBN 1-84204-082-0
- The Magic Of The Munros, Irvine Butterfield, ISBN 0-7153-2168-4
- Hamish's Mountain Walk, Hamish Brown, ISBN 1-898573-08-5
| Munros in SMC Area SMC Section 2 - Loch Tay to Rannoch Moor |
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Stuc a' Chroin • An Stùc • Beinn a' Chreachain • Beinn Achaladair • Beinn an Dothaidh • Beinn Dorain • Beinn Ghlas • Beinn Heasgarnich • Beinn Mhanach • Ben Challum • Ben Lawers • Carn Gorm • Carn Mairg • Creag Mhòr • Meall a' Choire Leith • Meall Buidhe, Perthshire • Meall Corranaich • Meall Garbh (Càrn Mairg) • Meall Garbh (Lawers) • Meall Ghaordie • Meall Glas • Meall Greigh • Meall na Aighean • Meall nan Tarmachan • Schiehallion • Sgiath Chuil • Stuchd an Lochain |