Meallan nan Gobhar

Positioned in the Northwest Highlands near Loch Broom, this 595-metre Dodd rises above rugged terrain characteristic of Wester Ross. The summit offers perspectives across a landscape of lochans, peat moorland and neighbouring peaks. Despite its modest height, the hill provides a genuine sense of remoteness and solitude typical of this sparsely populated corner of Scotland.

• •The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, meaning 'rounded hill of the goats', reflecting both the summit's shape and its historical use as rough grazing ground for livestock in the centuries before modern sheep farming dominated these uplands.
• •The hill sits within one of the least populated areas of mainland Britain, where human settlement has always been sparse due to the combination of poor soils, high rainfall, and the predominance of rock and peat over arable land.
• •Its classification as a Dodd places it among hills between 2,000 and 2,500 feet with at least 50 feet of prominence - a list compiled by hillwalkers seeking worthy summits beyond the more celebrated Munros and Corbetts.