Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Meall nam Meallan
Height: 146m / 479ft • Prominence: 101m / 331ft • Summit : boulder 8m SW of large cairn • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
15 July 2023
Storm brewing over the beach Mellon Udrigle Beach, Sutherland
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The Rocks of the North II_7137
Looking out to sea from Mellon Udrigle Beach, the far North West of Scotland.
15-Apr-23 • The Terry Eve Archive • flickr
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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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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.
15 July 2023
Storm brewing over the beach Mellon Udrigle Beach, Sutherland
sutherland scotland uk beach sky storm black grey sand coast sandy deserted scenic beautiful atmospheric mellon udrigle 53107828592
The Rocks of the North II_7137
Looking out to sea from Mellon Udrigle Beach, the far North West of Scotland.
15-Apr-23 • The Terry Eve Archive • flickr
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Beauty below the cloud
Looking across to snow covered Stac Pollaidh from Mellon Udrigle Beach, Wester Ross, Scotland
06-Feb-22 • sarahOphoto • flickr
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Looking east across Gruinard Bay from Mellon Udrigle Beach to Gruinard Island and the mountains of Wester Ross, Scotland.
Poem. Is it the three billion-year-old, rounded hills of Lewisian Gneiss? Is it the successive coves of pink sand? Is it the wild combination of tumbling rivers and rocky ravines? Is it the alternating groves of ancient dwarf oak and coniferous forest? Could it be the alluring appeal of azure waters blending to turquoise as they reveal the sandy sea-bed of a shallow bay? What about the beckoning heights of Beinn Ghobhlach, Sàil Mhòr and An Teallach forming such an intricate mountain backcloth? Is it the acute arrows of intervening headlands? Consider the distant panorama of the endearing Summer Isles! Or is it the sheltering sand dunes fringed by the winding and scenic coastal road? Yes, it all of these. But this coastline has a majesty, a beauty, an aura beyond my words. Does that matter? No. See it. Feel it. Hear it. You will understand without words. For like me, words will fail to express how magical a place this is. But magical it most certainly is!
11-Apr-18 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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Mountain panorama from Mellon Udrigle beach, Gruinard Bay, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Poem. Gurgling, bubbling, pure burn gushes into Gruinard Bay. Here, at Mellon Udrigle beach, on a mild but cloudy spring day, the still snowy mountain peaks of Wester Ross and Sutherland are partly lost in cloud. But the peace, tranquillity and beauty of this remote headland is not lost. Such places demand a significant journey, but the journey is as revealing as the destination. These isolated gems do exist in abundance. Finding them is a rich and rewarding pleasure. Being there…………is priceless. A return…………inevitable.
11-Apr-18 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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The ancient, complex and magnificent coastline of Gruinard Bay looking east from near to Mellon Udrigle. This bay has ten superb beaches. An Teallach dominates the horizon with its ten snowy peaks lost in Spring-time cloud, Wester Ross, Scotland.
Poem. Is it the three billion-year-old, rounded hills of Lewisian Gneiss? Is it the successive coves of pink sand? Is it the wild combination of tumbling rivers and rocky ravines? Is it the alternating groves of ancient dwarf oak and coniferous forest? Could it be the alluring appeal of azure waters blending to turquoise as they reveal the sandy sea-bed of a shallow bay? What about the beckoning heights of Beinn Ghobhlach, Sàil Mhòr and An Teallach forming such an intricate mountain backcloth? Is it the acute arrows of intervening headlands? Consider the distant panorama of the endearing Summer Isles! Or is it the sheltering sand dunes fringed by the winding and scenic coastal road? Yes, it all of these. But this coastline has a majesty, a beauty, an aura beyond my words. Does that matter? No. See it. Feel it. Hear it. You will understand without words. For like me, words will fail to express how magical a place this is. But magical it most certainly is!
11-Apr-18 • Scotland by NJC. • flickr
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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.