Beinn Eunaich
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 View from Loch Awe to the broad ridge of the Beinn Eunaich, recognizable on the right, Kilchurn Castle in the foreground on the left |
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| height | 989 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 425 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 27 '0 " N , 5 ° 1' 35" W | |
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The Beinn Eunaich is a 989 meter high mountain in the Scottish Highlands . Its Gaelic name can be translated as mountain of poultry . The mountain is in the Argyll and Bute Council Area and is classified as Munro and Marilyn .
Like the Ben Cruachan massif to the south-west , the Beinn Eunaich towers prominently over the north bank of Loch Awe , but somewhat set back in comparison and clearly separated by the Allt Mhoille valley . Its summit is the easternmost and at the same time the highest point of a mountain range that extends north of Ben Cruachan between Loch Etive and Loch Awe. To the east the mountain drops steeply into Glen Strae , as on the other sides also largely with grassy, rugged slopes without large rock structures. From the summit, the Beinn Eunaich has four rocky ridges running approximately to west-north-west, north-east, south-east and south-south-west. A transition to the neighboring Beinn a 'Chochuill , also classified as Munro, is possible via the WNW ridge and an adjoining Bealach .
Most Munro excavators combine an ascent of Beinn Eunaich with that of neighboring Beinn a 'Chochuill. The starting point is the bridge on the B8077 , which branches off the nearby A85, over the Allt Mhoille near Castles Farm at the north end of Loch Awe. From there the ascent runs first in the valley of the Allt Mhoille and then climbs steeply over the SSW ridge to the summit. Alternatively, the Beinn a 'Chochuill can first be climbed, from there a wide connecting ridge leads from the west-northwest to the summit of the Beinn Eunaich. Climbing from the north towards Loch Etive and Glen Kinglass are also possible, but require very long and pathless marches through moorland and heathland and an overnight stay in the Bothy Narrachan .
Web links
- The Beinn Eunaich on walkhighlands.co.uk
- The Beinn Eunaich on munromagic.com (English)
- Hill Bagging - the online version of the Database of British and Irish Hills: Beinn Eunaich (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beinn Eunaich at www.munromagic.com , accessed June 17, 2020