Ben Challum
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 The Ben Challum from the south, above Crianlarich |
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| height | 1025 m ASL | |
| location | Highlands , Scotland | |
| Notch height | 450 m | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 27 '17 " N , 4 ° 37' 9" W | |
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The Ben Challum (also Beinn Challuim or Beinn Chaluim ) is a 1025 meter high mountain in Scotland . Its Gaelic name means Malcolm's mountain . The name probably originally refers to Saint Columban of Iona ( Colum Cille in Gaelic), who worked as a missionary in the region. West of the mountain in Strathfillan was an abbey founded by Saint Fillan from Iona , the ruins of which can still be seen on the West Highland Way between Crianlarich and Tyndrum . Probably the name of the mountain can be traced back to monks of this abbey. The mountain is classified as Munro and is located in the Stirling Council Area , about ten kilometers north of Crianlarich at the western end of the valley of Glen Lochay .
From the south, the Ben Challum is a wide, grassy mountain, the summit of which is not visible from the valley thanks to a secondary summit in front of it. To the north and northeast, however, it drops with steep, rocky slopes into Glen Lochay. The mountain has an approximately triangular structure, the resulting three mountain ridges fall south into the Strathfillan, west towards Tyndrum and east into the Glen Lochay. The secondary summit in the south reaches a height of 998 meters and is about 600 meters in front of the main summit as the crow flies. To the southeast it is separated from the neighboring massif of the Meall Glas by the watershed between Glen Lochay and Strath Fillan at a height of about 400 meters .
The Ben Challum is usually climbed via the south ridge, crossing the secondary peak. The starting point is the Kirkton farm on the West Highland Way and the A82 between Crianlarich and Tyndrum. From there, after crossing the West Highland Line , the climb leads steeply to the northeast. The approach from the east through the upper Glen Lochay is much longer, but the landscape is more impressive. The starting point is the small settlement of Kenknock .
Individual evidence
- ^ Scottish Mountaineering Club Munro List , accessed April 10, 2018
- ↑ Peter Drummond: Scottish Hill and Mountain Names: The Origin and Meaning of the Names of Scotland's Hills and Mountains , Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 2010, ISBN 978-0-907521-95-2 , p. 195
Web links
- The Beinn Challuim on walkhighlands.co.uk (English)
- The Ben Challum on munromagic.com (English)