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TP4709 - Meall A Chrathaich

Grid reference : NH 36071 22092 map 
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TP4709 Meall A Chrathaich
Type :Pillar
Condition :Good Good condition
Flush Bracket Number :NONE
Current use :none
Historic use :Secondary
Waypoint :TP4709
County :Highland Region
Nearest town :KINGUSSIE

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There are 4 photos for this trigpoint (view album).

This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 1128th with 24 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 7.00/10 (from 8 logged visits)
Was First logged: 2nd Jan 1999
Was Last logged: 24th Jul 2012

Of the 8 logged visits,
5 recorded a location and of these....
All were within 42m
The average error was 20m
The closest was 10m

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Selection of photos for this Pillar.

NoFB - Meall A Chrathaich
By Clochandighter
Meall A Chrathaich
By coinea
NoFB - Meall A Chrathaich
By Clochandighter
The summit and trig in winter light
By fasgadh

Logged Visits:

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 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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