Meall Garbh (Carn Mairg Group)

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Meall Garbh
Meall Garbh seen across the headwaters of the Invervar Burn from Càrn Gorm, two km to the SW.
Elevation	968 m (3,176 ft)
Location	Perth and Kinross,  Scotland
Range	Grampians
Prominence	104 m
Topo map	OS Landranger 51
OS grid reference	NN646517
Listing	Munro
Translation	rough hill (Gaelic)
Pronunciation	[Myowl Gaarv[1]]

Meall Garbh is a mountain on the north side of Glen Lyon in the Scottish Highlands. The flat summit of the hill is has two tops of almost equal height, the north-west one being considered the higher.

Meall Garbh is usually climbed as part of a circuit of the watershed of the Invervar burn, a 14 kilometre route taking four Munros. If done clockwise Meall Garbh is the second summit reached, following Càrn Gorm. The following two summits are Càrn Mairg and Meall nan Aighean.

The summit cairn of Meall Garbh is unusual in that it is composed of old iron stake posts, rather than stones.

[edit] References

• The Munros, Scotland's Highest Mountains, Cameron McNeish, ISBN 1 84204 082 0

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