Carn nan Grainnseag

Rising to 574 metres in the Monadhliath Mountains west of Carrbridge, this remote Dodd offers a quiet alternative to the busier Cairngorms. The approach typically involves long tracks through commercial forestry and open moorland, rewarding those who make the journey with a sense of genuine solitude on the heather-clad summit.

• •The name derives from Gaelic 'Càrn nan Gràinnseag', meaning 'cairn of the granges' or possibly 'cairn of the barns', suggesting historical settlement or agricultural use in what is now empty moorland.
• •The hill sits on the northern fringe of the Monadhliath range, a vast plateau of rounded hills that remains one of Scotland's quietest mountain areas despite lying between the A9 and Great Glen.
• •As a Dodd, it qualifies as one of the hills between 2000 and 2499 feet with at least 30 metres of drop on all sides—a classification created by John and Anne Nuttall before being adopted by the Database of British and Irish Hills.