Meall nan Aighean

Meall nan Aighean
Entrance to Glen Lyon. Meall nan Aighean is the highest point in the background.
Highest point
Elevation	981 m (3,219 ft) ^[1]
Listing	Munro
Naming
Translation	Hill of the heifers or hinds^[1] (Gaelic)
Geography
Location	Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Parent range	Grampians
OS grid	NN694496
Topo map	OS Landranger 51, OS Explorer 378

Meall nan Aighean is a Scottish mountain in the council area of Perth and Kinross. It stands in a group of four Munros known as the Càrn Mairg group or the Glen Lyon Horseshoe on the north side of Glen Lyon. It is often climbed as part of the circuit of the Càrn Mairg Munros, which stand in a curving arc around the Invervar Burn.

The summit cairn of Meall nan Aighean with Loch Tay in the background

Coordinates: 56°37′20″N 4°13′31″W / 56.6221°N 4.2253°W / 56.6221; -4.2253

Munros of Scotland: Loch Rannoch to Loch Tay

	An Stùc Beinn Achaladair Beinn Challuim Beinn a' Chreachain Beinn Dòrain Beinn an Dòthaidh Beinn Ghlas Beinn Heasgarnich Ben Lawers Beinn Mhanach Càrn Gorm Càrn Mairg Creag Mhòr Meall Corranaich Meall nan Aighean Meall Buidhe Meall a' Choire Leith Meall Ghaordaidh Meall Garbh (Càrn Mairg Group) Meall Garbh (Lawers Group) Meall Glas Meall Greigh Meall nan Tarmachan Schiehallion Sgiath Chùil Stuchd an Lochain

List of Munros

Footnotes

1 2 Irvine Butterfield, Magic of the Munros (David & Charles, 2005), p. 24

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