Creag nan Gearr

Rising to 515 metres in the far north of mainland Scotland, this modest Dodd occupies remote country inland from the Caithness coast. The terrain is typical of the Flow Country hinterland, with rough heather moorland and peat hags characterising the approach. Its classification as a Tump reflects the relative scarcity of significant hills in this gently undulating landscape.

• •The name Creag nan Gearr comes from Scottish Gaelic, meaning 'crag of the hares', suggesting the summit rocks once provided shelter or hunting grounds for mountain hares in this exposed northern landscape.
• •AtGrid Reference NC955243, this hill lies within one of Britain's most sparsely populated regions, where settlements are few and the land transitions between coastal Caithness farmland and the vast blanket bog of the Flow Country.
• •The Dodd classification, peculiar to the Scottish Highlands, identifies hills between 2000 and 2999 feet with a drop of at least 15 metres on all sides—a relatively rare designation in low-lying Caithness.