Monadh Fergie

Rising to 576 metres in the Aberdeenshire uplands, this Dodd sits within the Grampian foothills northeast of the Cairngorms. The summit offers a commanding position over the surrounding farmland and forests, with the higher Cairngorm plateau visible to the west. Typically approached from forest tracks that give way to open moorland higher up.

• •The name derives from Gaelic 'monadh' meaning hill or moorland, combined with 'Fergie', likely a personal name suggesting these uplands were once associated with a family or landowner called Fergus.
• •At 576 metres, the summit lies just below the threshold that would qualify it as a Graham (610m), placing it firmly in Dodd territory as a hill between 2000 and 2499 feet.
• •The grid reference NJ193144 places this hill in the fertile agricultural belt between Strathdon and the Ladder Hills, an area where working farmland transitions abruptly into heather moorland.