Craignairny

A modest summit in the Dungeon Hills, part of Galloway's central ridge between the Range of the Awful Hand and the Rhinns of Kells. The hill sits within Galloway Forest Park, offering straightforward walking over grassy terrain typical of these Southern Uplands moorlands. At nearly 600 metres, it qualifies as a Dodd and Donald Dewey.

• •The name Craignairny derives from Scots Gaelic, with 'creag' meaning rock or crag and 'àirne' likely referring to sloes or blackthorn, suggesting a rocky place where wild sloe bushes once grew prominently.
• •The hill forms part of the Dungeon Hills, the central of three parallel ridges in this corner of Galloway, sandwiched between the dramatically named Range of the Awful Hand to the west and the higher Rhinns of Kells to the east.
• •Craignairny lies within Galloway Forest Park, Britain's largest forest park, established in 1947 and covering over 300 square miles of moorland, forest, and loch.
• •The hill's position on the central Dungeon ridge makes it a natural linking point for walkers traversing between the parallel ranges, though it sees far less traffic than the neighbouring Rhinns of Kells peaks.