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The simple reason why some Scottish hills are called Munros

17 January 2019

Munros, Corbetts, Grahams and Donalds. These names will be familiar to those who love Scotland’s wildest spaces: they’re terms used to denote the height and classification of mountains. Of these, Munros are the highest of them all.

But why Munro? They’re named after London-born aristocrat Sir Hugh Munro, whose family owned an estate near Kirriemuir, Angus. He was keen mountaineer who loved to explore and who charted Scotland’s highest peaks in the late 1800s.

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Today, his published list of peaks is something of a bible to those who want to experience Scotland’s famously craggy and picturesque landscape — so much so that ‘Munro bagging’ is a popular pastime among walkers.

This involves climbing – or ‘bagging’ – all the 282 Munros dotted about the country, from Skye to the eastern Cairngorms and from Sutherland down to Loch Lomond.

Sir Hugh’s passion has prompted countless others to explore and enjoy some of the wildest and most beautiful areas of Scotland.