Hill of Allargue

Rising to 558 metres in the northeast Cairngorms, this Dodd occupies moorland terrain south of Corgarff. The hill takes its name from the settlement of Allargue below its eastern slopes, where the A939 threads through one of Scotland's most remote and weather-exposed road corridors. A modest summit offering wide perspectives across upper Donside.

• •The name derives from Gaelic 'Allt Airigh', meaning 'burn of the shieling', referring to the stream and summer pastures that characterised this upland grazing landscape.
• •The A939 passing below the eastern flanks regularly claims the title of Scotland's highest main road and is frequently blocked by snow between October and May, isolating Corgarff and Tomintoul.
• •Allargue House, visible from the hill's lower slopes, served as a shooting lodge in the 19th century and marks the former heart of an extensive deer forest.
• •The summit overlooks Corgarff Castle to the north, a 16th-century tower house famously star-shaped after Government forces fortified it in 1748 to control Jacobite movement through the passes.