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Schiehallion

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Schiehallion

Mountain in north Perth and Kinross unitary authority, Scotland, rising 15 km/9 mi northwest of Aberfeldy to a height of 1,083 m/3,553 ft. In 1774 it was the site of experiments conducted by the English astronomer Nevil Maskelyne to determine the Earth's mean density,.



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