Beinn Sgritheall

#802 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Beinn Sgritheall is the highest mountain in the Glenelg area of the Highlands of Scotland. The main approach is via Arnisdale on the shores of Loch Hourn or via Gleann Beag to the north, with its well-known brochs. The view from the summit was described by Sir Hugh Munro, a founder member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, as "perhaps the most beautiful I have seen in Scotland". ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 3196 ftProminence: 1640 ftCoordinates: 57°9'14"N, 5°34'47"W

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Beinn Sgritheall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Glenelg Inn, Dun Telve, Dun Grugaig, Druim Fada.

4.4 miN
Nightlife, Restaurant
Glenelg Inn, Glenelg
112 min walk • Glenelg Inn is a public house and inn in the village of Glenelg in the Highlands of Scotland. The current building dates to the second half of the 20th century, but remnants of the previous structure — the "imposing" Glenelg Hotel, which was largely destroyed in a 1947 fire — still stand.
2.9 miN
Ruins, Archaeological site
Dun Telve, Glenelg
74 min walk • Dun Telve is an iron-age broch located about 4 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Inverness-shire in the Highland Region of Scotland. It is one of the best preserved brochs in Scotland.
2.2 miN
Archaeological site
Dun Grugaig, Glenelg
57 min walk • Dun Grugaig is a D-shaped dun, or "semi-broch", located about 7 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland.
4.5 miSE
Mountain
Druim Fada, Knoydart
116 min walk • Druim Fada is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Located on the northern shore of Loch Hourn in Ross and Cromarty. A long, craggy ridge, it runs for several kilometres on the northern side of the loch. The nearest village is Arnisdale to the west.
2.8 miN
Archaeological site
Dun Troddan, Glenelg
73 min walk • Dun Troddan is an iron-age broch located about 5 kilometres southeast of the village of Glenelg, Highland, in Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved brochs in Scotland.
5.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ladhar Bheinn, Knoydart
139 min walk • Ladhar Bheinn is the highest mountain in the Knoydart region of the Highlands of Scotland. It is the most westerly Munro on the Scottish mainland. The mountain may be climbed from Barrisdale to the northeast or Inverie to the south.
4.6 miN
Forts and castles
Bernera Barracks, Glenelg
117 min walk • Bernera Barracks is located in Glenelg in the West Highlands of Scotland. The barracks were constructed between 1717 and 1723 as part of a campaign by the British government to subdue the local population which had risen up in arms in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, and which would do so again in 1745.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn na Caillich
114 min walk • Beinn na Caillich is a mountain in Knoydart, in the West Highlands of Scotland. It is on the southern shore of Loch Hourn, to the north-west of the Munro of Ladhar Bheinn.
1.5 miSE
Church
Arnisdale Free Church
39 min walk • Arnisdale Free Church is a church building at one time connected to the Free Church of Scotland. It is sited in Arnisdale, Inverness-shire, Scotland. According to Ewing's The Annals of the Free Church, the original building was constructed in 1856 as a simple meeting-house connected to Glenelg Free Church of Scotland.