An Socach (Glen Ey)

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An Socach
Elevation	944 m (3097 ft)
Location	Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Prominence	188 m
Topo map	OS Landranger 43
OS grid reference	NO079799
Listing	Munro, Marilyn
Translation	The projecting place (Gaelic)

An Socach is a mountain situated some three miles west of the A93 road from Perth to Braemar, in Scotland. It is located at grid ref. 080800 on Ordnance Survey sheet 43. The summit altitude is 944m. The name may derive from the Gaelic Soc, meaning the snout or beak, leading to the projecting place by analogy with the shape of a snout. Other sources state that it in fact means 'the sow'.

The hill has an elongated, round form, and the Munro bagger is advised that the highest top is in fact at its western end and is not the 938m eastern summit as shown on certain OS maps. The hill may be climbed from Glen Ey to the north or from the top of the Glenshee Ski Centre to the east. The Glenshee route involves a decent into Baddoch Burn, and so more climbing is required than the Glen Ey route, which is longer.