Where Am I? No. 211 - Feeling Sheepish...

[Annie65115]

I don't know the hill but I don't think it's Yr Eifl. However you look at Yr Eifl if you keep the sea inlet on your right, (as in this picture), Yr Eifl has three peaks (and 2 saddles) and this hill has 2 peaks and a shoulder.

Looking at the perspective against the cottage, I don't think it's high enough to be a Munro in Scotland; and if it is Scotland, it would appear to be a sea loch rather than inland (as if it were inland you'd expct other mountains behind this one).

[Mike in Cumbria]

I don't know the hill but I don't think it's Yr Eifl. However you look at Yr Eifl if you keep the sea inlet on your right, (as in this picture), Yr Eifl has three peaks (and 2 saddles) and this hill has 2 peaks and a shoulder.

I can't quite make it fit any view of Yr Eifle either, although when the first images came up it did seem seem very similar.

Mike

[Annie65115]

For contrast, this is the cottage at the foot of Buchaille Etive Mor, at the eastern entrance to Glencoe -- this mountain is 1022 m high at its summit and absolutely dwarfs the cottage, compared with the mountain in the OP which is more of a backdrop.

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/2_2/2_2_1l.JPG

[Mike in Cumbria]

I think the sheep are South Wales Mountain sheep, but stand to be corrected.

[Kay99]

I thought the ewes ears might be a bit long of the trad Welsh Mountain sheep http://www.welshmountainsheep.co.uk/index.php/en/the-breed/qualities and closer to the Lleyn sheep that we thought of buying many years ago  http://www.lleynsheep.com/lleyn/lleyn-ewe/   But do agree that they look more Welsh than Scottish   

[Mike in Cumbria]

I thought the ewes ears might be a bit long of the trad Welsh Mountain sheep http://www.welshmountainsheep.co.uk/index.php/en/the-breed/qualities and closer to the Lleyn sheep that we thought of buying man years ago  http://www.lleynsheep.com/lleyn/lleyn-ewe/   But do agree that they look more Welsh than Scottish   

Lleyn was my other possibility. The only similar Scottish breed is Cheviot, and I'm pretty sure these arent them.
The angle is difficult but I thought one or two of them had a bit of a roman nose, so maybe there is a bit of Border leicester in the mix. I might be imagining that though.

Mike

[Annie65115]

I feel fairly sure that this hill isn't in Leicester! 

[despair]

I've tried several times to get a corroborative view on Google Earth but failed.The mid ground in the photo does not,I think show evidence of quarrying,which might have bolstered the argument.With no real other basis than a vague memory or feeling I'm going to have a look around the edges of The Cuillins on Skye,although I don't hold out much hope.

Regards
Roger

[arthurk]

I couldn't find a view of Yr Eifl like that either, so I started looking at Scotland and Ireland - without success, I need hardly add, otherwise I'd have posted it here promptly. Trouble is, there are just so many mountains in Scotland and Ireland, and I don't have enough first hand knowledge of either to know where to look first.

One thing I did notice is the trees - they're reasonably tall, and upright. Does this actually rule out the western coasts? And would that mean it's an inland lake, or is there anywhere like this near a sheltered (eastern?) coast?

Arthur