Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Arkle
020-20180507_Arkle Circuit-Sutherland-view SE across SE end of Loch na Tuadh back up to col between Meall Horn (L) & Arkle (R)
07-May-18 • Nick Kaye • flickr
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Arkle's ridgetop pavement
Amazing rock pavement on part of Arkle's ridge crest. A fun place to spend a while, but big deep cracks between blocks and huge drops on each side give the impression it's all about to drop away one side or the other. The loch is Loch Stack.
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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Looking north-west from near Arkle's 787m summit towards Loch Inchard and the Sutherland coast.
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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Arkle rock slab
A slab with a slope... and a rather dramatic drop beneath it!
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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Sunshine on the scree
Somewhere near the col between Arkle's two peaks, enjoying a burst of sunshine on one of it's slopes with Foinaven providing the backdrop.
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
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looking east from arkle summit
16-Aug-16 • stusmith_uk • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
020-20180507_Arkle Circuit-Sutherland-view SE across SE end of Loch na Tuadh back up to col between Meall Horn (L) & Arkle (R)
07-May-18 • Nick Kaye • flickr
scotland sutherland highlands landscape mountains 30350271248
Arkle's ridgetop pavement
Amazing rock pavement on part of Arkle's ridge crest. A fun place to spend a while, but big deep cracks between blocks and huge drops on each side give the impression it's all about to drop away one side or the other. The loch is Loch Stack.
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
arkle rock rockformation rockpavement pavement geology mountain mountainside ridge crest scotland sutherland highlands 29560158580
photo
Looking north-west from near Arkle's 787m summit towards Loch Inchard and the Sutherland coast.
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
arkle sutherland scotland mountain mountainside hillside scree quartzite landscape countryside outside outdoor nature lake loch lochan bluesky 29771362871
Arkle rock slab
A slab with a slope... and a rather dramatic drop beneath it!
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
arkle sutherland mountain ridge rock geology mountainside hillside landscape 29561858490
Sunshine on the scree
Somewhere near the col between Arkle's two peaks, enjoying a burst of sunshine on one of it's slopes with Foinaven providing the backdrop.
13-Sep-16 • OutdoorMonkey • flickr
arkle sutherland scotland mountain scree slope mountainside foinaven rocky rock wild wilderness remote countryside landscape sunlight outside outdoor 29820271166
looking east from arkle summit
16-Aug-16 • stusmith_uk • flickr
scotland sutherland arkle corbetts mountains foinavon meallhorn benhope august 2016 28803425254
In the Quartzite Mountains
In 'Explore', 2022.04.01 Exakta Varex, Ektachrome X, two original 35mm slides scanned, panorama stitching and development in Lightroom. "Quartzite is very resistant to chemical weathering and often forms ridges and resistant hilltops. The nearly pure silica content of the rock provides little material for soil; therefore, the quartzite ridges are often bare or covered only with a very thin layer of soil and little (if any) vegetation." (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzite" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzite
20-Apr-76 • Ed Fulton • flickr
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On Arkle
Exakta Varex, Ektachrome X, original 35mm slide scanned, digital development in Lightroom. According to one source quoted in Wikipedia, the name could originate in the Norse ark-fjell, "flat-topped hill". How this fits in with the name given on the Norwegian page "Den flate åsen" I don't know. Old and new languages, perhaps? Certainly, here in Sutherland, South-land, Suðrland, the Norwegian heritage is evident. For Norwegian Vikings, this land was in the south. nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle" rel="noreferrer nofollow nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle_" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle_ (Sutherland) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen#/media/File:Old_norse,_ca_900.PNG" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen#/media/File:Old_norse,_ca_...
20-Apr-76 • Ed Fulton • flickr
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On Arkle
Exakta Varex, Ektachrome X, two original 35mm slides scanned, panorama stitching and development in Lightroom. According to one source quoted in Wikipedia, the name could originate in the Norse ark-fjell, "flat-topped hill". How this fits in with the name given on the Norwegian page "Den flate åsen" I don't know. Old and new languages, perhaps? Certainly, here in Sutherland, South-land, Suðrland, the Norwegian heritage is evident. For Norwegian Vikings, this land was in the south. nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle" rel="noreferrer nofollow nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle_" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkle_ (Sutherland) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen#/media/File:Old_norse,_ca_900.PNG" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen#/media/File:Old_norse,_ca_...
20-Apr-76 • Ed Fulton • flickr
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Foinaven
Exakta Varex, Ektachrome X, three original 35mm slides scanned, panorama stitching and development in Photoshop and Lightroom. Foinaven (Scottish Gaelic: Foinne Bheinn) is a mountain in Scotland, situated in the far north-west corner of the Scottish Highlands. Like many of the monolithic mountains that surround it, the mountain is [...] made up of imbricated layers of Cambrian quartzite [...]. (Wikipedia) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foinaven" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foinaven
20-Apr-76 • Ed Fulton • flickr
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Videos
Knock and Lochan landscape in the Lewisian Gneiss around Arkle.
You don't get winters like you used to! During the ice ages the very tops of the highest Scottish mountains stuck up above the ice ...
In this video I go hiking, wild snorkelling in both a loch and a river, and spend a windy night on a spectacular ledge below Meall ...
A cinematic journey in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 starting from the Kylesku Bridge and Loch Assynt area, flying north to North ...
A walk To Cranstackie. In The Northwest highlands scotland assynt,sutherland.onclear days quinag,arkle,ben stac,stac polliadh ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.