An Teallach

An Teallach

ID: QZP40_CARD_1397 DESCRIPTION: The rugged peaks of An Teallach from the Dundonnell-Ullapool road. An Teallach, whose name means 'the forge', lies three miles south-west of Dundonnell between the heads of Little Loch Broom and Loch na Sealga. It is separated from the Torridon hills by the Fisherfield Forest. The lower slopes of An Teallach are of Torridonian sandstone, while the summits are topped with white quartzite. It has two Munro peaks: Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill (3484 feet, 1062 metres) and Sgurr Fiona (3478 feet, 1060 metres). A Munro is a Scottish mountain over 3,000 feet, so called after Sir Hugh Munro who listed such mountains in 1891. PLACENAME: Dundonnell DISTRICT: Lochbroom OLD COUNTY/PARISH: ROSS: Lochbroom SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Highland Libraries' Postcard Collection Asset ID: 33322 KEYWORDS: