Beinn Sgritheann

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Beinn Sgritheann rises to 186 m (610 ft) in Na h-Eileanan Siar. It is listed among the 1,546 Marilyns — British hills with at least 150 m of drop on every side. It is one of 77 hills the Albion Guide maps in Na h-Eileanan Siar. For more of the same, Roineabhal (Na h-Eileanan Siar, 201m) and Easabhal are close by.

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