Meall Tàirneachan
Meall Tairneachan is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland, located northwest of Aberfeldy in Perthshire. The peak lies in an area of rocky and rolling moors between Loch Tummel and Aberfeldy. A baryte mine is located close to its summit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,582 feet
- Description: mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Meall Tairneachan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Farragon Hill.
Farragon Hill
Peak
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Farragon Hill is a peak in the foothills of the Grampian Mountains of Scotland. It lies above the town of Aberfeldy in Perthshire. The hill is the highest point in the area of rough moorland that lies between Aberfeldy and Loch Tummel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dull and Weem.
Dull
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dull is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is paired with Boring, Oregon. Bland, New South Wales, Australia, is also a member of the League of Extraordinary Communities established by Boring and Dull in 2013.
Weem
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weem is a village on the B846 near Aberfeldy in Perthshire, Scotland. The name Weem is derived from the Gaelic uamh, meaning 'cave'. Nearby is Castle Menzies.
Aberfeldy
Photo: Garrit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aberfeldy is a small town in Perth and Kinross in North East Scotland, with a population of 1940 in 2021. That county straddles the Highland / Lowland divide, and Aberfeldy is scenically very much in the central Highlands.
Meall Tàirneachan
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.66589° or 56° 39′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.94738° or 3° 56′ 51″ westElevation
2,582 feet (787 metres)Open location code
9C8RM383+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 609674035OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12541336Wikidata ID
Q13130039
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In Other Languages
From Ladin to Welsh—“Meall Tàirneachan” goes by many names.
- Ladin: “Meall Tairneachan”
- Welsh: “Meall Tairneachan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Doire Leathan and Foss.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Foss Barytes Mine and Ciochan a‘ Chiop.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meall Tàirneachan”. Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.