Craigmasheenie

Rising to 539 metres in the Galloway Hills, this Dodd lies in the remote interior of southwest Scotland. The name likely derives from Scots Gaelic, with 'Craig' indicating a rocky outcrop or crag. Its modest height belies its position among the quieter, less-trodden summits of this underappreciated range.

• •The name Craigmasheenie combines the Scots word 'craig' (meaning a rocky outcrop or cliff) with what appears to be a Gaelic personal name or local descriptor, though the exact origin of 'masheenie' remains obscure and may represent an anglicised form of a now-lost Gaelic term.
• •As a Donald Dewey, this summit qualifies as one of the lower hills in the Scottish Highlands classification system, sitting below the more celebrated Corbetts and Munros but offering equally wild and often emptier terrain.
• •The Galloway Hills remain one of Scotland's least-visited mountain ranges despite their designation as a Dark Sky Park, meaning Craigmasheenie's summit offers genuinely remote hillwalking within relatively easy reach of southern Scotland.