Little Cairn Table

A modest Donaald Dewey summit rising to 517 metres in the rolling hills south of Glasgow, near the Ayrshire-Lanarkshire border. The plateau-like top offers wide views across industrial central Scotland, with the Southern Uplands stretching beyond. Often climbed alongside neighbouring Cairn Table, its higher and better-known companion to the southwest.

• •The name derives from the larger Cairn Table nearby, with 'Little' distinguishing this subsidiary summit from its 593-metre parent peak, though both likely take their name from the Gaelic 'bord' meaning table, referring to their broad, plateau-like summits.
• •Little Cairn Table sits within the Muirkirk and North Lowther Uplands, an area heavily shaped by coal mining and moorland grazing, with remnants of old mineral workings still visible across the surrounding landscape.
• •The hill forms part of a popular ridge walk connecting several Donalds in the area, often tackled as a circular route from the Ayrshire side taking in Blacklorg Hill and the main Cairn Table.
• •Despite its modest height, the summit provides surprisingly extensive views northward across the Clyde Valley to Ben Lomond and the Southern Highlands on clear days, with the Arran peaks visible to the west.