Location Map: | Scotland Highland |
Celtic Name: | Am Buachaille |
Meaning Of Name: | The Herdsman |
Gridreference: | NC201652 |
Highest Elevation: | 65m[1] |
Am Buachaille is a sea stack, or vertical rock formation composed of Torridonian Sandstone, 1round=0.5NaNround=0.5 southwest of Sandwood Bay in the Scottish county of Sutherland. It lies at the tip of the Rubh' a Bhuachaille headland around 50NaN0 north of Kinlochbervie.
The stack is 65m (213feet) high[2] and was first climbed in 1968 by the mountaineers Tom Patey, Ian Clough and John Cleare.[3] [4] At least four climbing routes are identified on Am Buachaille which is considered a "famous" sea stack climb[5] and has been called the "most serious of 'the big three' Scottish stacks"[6] and a "truly great stack".[7] The easiest route is graded Hard Very Severe (HVS) and access to the stack involves a 30m (100feet) swim at low tide.[8]
The name means "the herdsman" or "the shepherd" in Scottish Gaelic.