Bad an Loin

Rising to 579 metres north of Spittal of Glenshee, this Dodd sits on the eastern edge of the Grampian Highlands. The summit offers a modest vantage point over the upper reaches of Glen Shee, with the higher Munros of the Cairnwell group visible to the west. Quiet ground, rarely visited beyond those ticking classifications.

• •The name Bad an Loin derives from Gaelic, with 'bad' meaning a thicket or clump of trees and 'loin' referring to a meadow or marshy place, suggesting the hill once marked the boundary between wooded lower slopes and open grazing land.
• •As a Dodd, this summit qualifies under the classification system for Scottish hills between 2000 and 2999 feet with at least 15 metres of prominence, though at 579 metres it actually falls just short of the 600-metre threshold by a narrow margin.