Scotland
Round Hill
668M
2192FT
About Round Hill
Rising above the Braes of Glenlivet, this broad, heather-clad dome offers a quiet alternative to the more frequented Cairngorm giants. It is a quintessential Scottish moorland summit located in the remote Ladder Hills. The approach from Chapeltown leads walkers into a landscape of vast skies and sprawling, peat-hued ridges.
Key Statistics
Rank
25th Highest in Region
Parent Range
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Prominence
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37m
Nearest Town
Chapeltown
Geology
You are walking over layers of sandy and muddy rocks. These include limestone and siltstones belonging to the Ladder Hills and Nochty formations.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NJ305226
Latitude
57.2893°N
Longitude
3.1531°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is a simple English descriptor for the hill’s soft, unencumbered profile, lacking the rugged granite tors found further west in the Cairngorms.
- •It sits within the Ladder Hills on the Glenlivet Estate, an area historically significant for illicit whisky distilling; the remote glens surrounding the hill once provided ideal cover for smugglers moving spirit toward the lowlands.
- •The summit provides a clear, unencumbered perspective west towards the high plateau of the Cairngorms and north across the Speyside valley toward the Moray Firth.
- •Despite its 668m height, it is often overlooked in favour of its slightly higher neighbour, Carn Dulack, though the two are easily combined in a single cross-country moorland circuit.
- •In a region defined by complex Gaelic etymology, Round Hill stands as a triumph of literal naming—leaving very little doubt as to its shape or its profile on the horizon.