Tom a' Chòinich

Tom a' Chòinich (Scottish Gaelic: An Tom Còinnich)^[4] is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is a Munro with a height of 1,112 metres (3,648 ft). Glen Affric is to the south and Loch Mullardoch to the north. Less than 1 kilometre (0.5 mi) to the west is the 1,032-metre (3,386 ft) Munro Top called Tom a' Chòinich Beag (NH158273).^[1] Its prominence is 149 metres (489 ft) with its parent peak, Càrn Eige, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the west.^[1] This mountain should not be confused with the 955-metre (3,133 ft) Munro Top also called Tom a' Chòinnich near Ben Wyvis.

Tom a' Chòinich
An Tom Còinnich
Tom a' Chòinich (right), looking up along its southeast ridge from Creag na h-Inghinn
Highest point
Elevation	1,112 m (3,648 ft)[1]
Prominence	149 m (489 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Càrn Eige
Listing	Munro, Murdo
Coordinates	57°17′56″N 5°03′01″W
Naming
English translation	mossy hillock[2][3]
Language of name	Gaelic
Geography
Tom a' Chòinich Glen Affric, Scotland
Parent range	Northwest Highlands
OS grid	NH164273
Topo map	OS Landranger 25

Although the mountain can be climbed from Glen Cannich, an approach from Glen Affric is more straightforward using a path that goes northwest from the north shore of Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin following Gleann nam Fiadh upstream.^[5] This path crosses Bealach Toll Easa which used to be the pass on the route from Affric Lodge to Benula Lodge before the latter was inundated by the creation of the reservoir at Loch Mullardoch. The southeast ridge is more direct but it is rocky at its lower levels.^[6][7][8]

See also

• List of Munro mountains
• Mountains and hills of Scotland

• mountains portal

References

Citations

1. Edwardes, Simon. "Tom a' Choinich". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
2. Butterfield (1986), p. 318.
3. Butterfield (1986), p. 320.
4. "Tom a' Choinich". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland.
5. Hodgkiss (1994), pp. 137–138.
6. Hodgkiss (1991), p. 165.
7. Townsend (1997), pp. 145–147.
8. "Tom a' Choinich and Toll Creagach, Glen Affric". Walkhighlands. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

Works cited

• Butterfield, Irvine (1986). "Chapter 21: Glen Affric, Cannich and Strathfarrar". The High Mountains of Britain and Ireland (Book Club Associates ed.). Diadem Books. pp. 197–200.
• Hodgkiss, Peter (1991). "Section 11: Glen Affric and Kintail". In Bennet, Donald (ed.). The Munros (2nd ed.). Scottish Mountaineering Trust. p. 165. ISBN 0-907521-31-2.
• Hodgkiss, Peter (1994). "Chapter 8: Strath Cluanie and Glen Affric". In Bennet, Donald; Strang, Tom (eds.). The Central Highlands. Scottish Mountaineering Trust. pp. 137–139. ISBN 0-907521-44-4.
• Townsend, Chris (1997). The Munros and Tops. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1851589864.

57.2990°N 5.0502°W / 57.2990; -5.0502