Beinn nan Cailleach

A modest Dodd rising to 562 metres in the Scottish Highlands, positioned north of Loch Ness near the village of Foyers. The summit offers views across the Great Glen and towards the Monadhliath range. Its name translates from Gaelic as 'hill of the old woman', a common feature name across Scotland's uplands.

• •The name derives from the Gaelic 'Cailleach', meaning 'old woman' or 'hag', a figure prominent in Scottish mythology who was associated with winter storms and the shaping of the landscape through dropped stones and earth.
• •This hill sits on the eastern flanks of Loch Ness, in an area where the Great Glen Fault creates one of Scotland's most dramatic geological features, cleaving the Highlands from coast to coast.
• •The nearby settlement of Foyers was once home to Britain's first major hydroelectric scheme, completed in 1896 to power an aluminium smelter, bringing industrial-age electricity to this remote corner of the Highlands.