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TP4709 - Meall A Chrathaich
 
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Grid reference :
Type :
Condition :
Good Good condition
Flush Bracket :
No FB
OSGB36 Station :
NH54/19
Current use :
none
Historic use :
T:UK waypoint :
TP4709
County :
Highland Region
Nearest town :
KINGUSSIE

OSGB36 trig archive spreadsheet - IW
Trig NameOriginal NameNew NameEASTINGNORTHINGHEIGHTORDERTYPE OF MARKComputing DateCLASS OF LEVELLINGDate of LevellingLEVELLING DATUMDESTROYED MARK INDICATORCOMMENTS
Meall A ChrathaichNH54/19NH54S019236070.55822092.11679.7032OLD TRIG01/06/195500
Meall A ChrathaichNH54/19NH54S019236070.55822092.11679.7042PILLAR01/06/1955201/06/1956N0HEIGHT TO TOP OF PILLAR

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There are 6 photos for this trigpoint (view album).

This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 1647th with 38 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 6.59/10 (from 17 logged visits)
Was First logged: 2nd Jan 1999
Was Last logged: 21st Aug 2022

Of the 17 logged visits,
9 recorded a location and of these....

All were within 42m
The average error was 17m
The closest was 3m

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Selection of photos for this Pillar.


©BigNick
Meall a' Chrathaich from the Loch
By nozzer
NoFB - Meall A Chrathaich
By clochandighter
NoFB - Meall A Chrathaich
By clochandighter
Meall A Chrathaich
By coinea
The summit and trig in winter light
By fasgadh

Logged Visits:

Good condition 21st Aug 2022  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NH 36076 22079   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

From S - Bhlaraidh. No parking signs everywhere so verge parked NH 3798 1648


Good condition 17th Sep 2020  13:12  by BigNick

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

©BigNick


Not Logged 21st Feb 2020  19:54  by mzb238

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10


Good condition 24th Jul 2018  18:58  by Oldhortus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 24th Jul 2016  13:45  by NormanW

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 25th Nov 2014  14:20  by BigJ

Gridref: NH 36072 22095   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

Lovely climb out of Glen Moriston through freezing mist and into sunshine. Anti-clockwise around Loch a'Chrathaich to reach the summit. Great views but no FB. Definitely a hill for the connoisseur.


Good condition 25th Nov 2014  13:17  by nozzer

Gridref: NH 36075 22083   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Asended from Bhlaridh in Glen Moriston to the Loch, were unable to cross the stream due to water being release out of the dam. good views all round. No FB. A love remote hill

Meall a' Chrathaich from the Loch


Good condition 5th Sep 2014  14:43  by Robert Phillips

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 24th Jul 2012  15:23  by coinea

Gridref: NH 36071 22082   FB Number: NOFB  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Meall A Chrathaich


Good condition 24th Jul 2012  15:15  by clochandighter

Gridref: NH 36074 22082   FB Number: NOFB  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 8th July 1955 costing £73.2s.2d. Computed as secondary triangulation station NH54/19 within the Inverness block during 1956. Levelled for height to top of pillar in 1956. Last maintained by the OS in May 1980. SITE VISIT: Three trig 20½ mile circuit starting and finishing at Snenval. Approached from northeast. Parked by forest track entrances at NH405297. Up via Suidhe Ghuirman. Near straight line SW along plateau circumnavigating lochans. Pillar in good condition. Spider centre open. Built without flush bracket. Face adjacent to perpendicular spider arm faces ESE, ~112°. Vented through NW sight hole. Full 360° panorama. Continued to Glas Bheinn Mhor.

NoFB - Meall A Chrathaich & GRP
NoFB - Meall A Chrathaich pillar & FB


Good condition 5th Jul 2012  14:30  by Garth Fenton

Gridref: NH 36072 22082   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Flush plate missing?


Good condition 29th Jul 2009  15:00  by Chalky

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

No FB, Spider intact.


Good condition 27th Dec 2008  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

vgc, metal cap wide letters, built without FB. Nice summit, fine view, surrounded by shapely lochans. 18 mile 3 trig circuit with S7731 and S8176 from Shenval.


Good condition 7th Jun 2007  14:25  by arranc

Gridref: NH 36100 22100   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 1st Mar 2003  13:38  by fasgadh

Gridref: NH 36063 22134   FB Number: NONE  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

No FP. Cold day and a long way in. Great views over a wild and infrequented knoll and lochain country.

The summit and trig in winter light


Not Logged 22nd Sep 2001  11:29  by fergie

Gridref: NH 36100 22100   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 6/10

Graham. Stayed in the howf near Corrimony.


Not Logged 2nd Jan 1999  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 8/10

No details noted - fine remote summit, descent SW wet but firm



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