Prickeny Hill

Rising to 512 metres in the Carsphairn Hills of south-west Scotland, this Dodd forms part of the watershed between the River Nith, which rises on its eastern flanks, and the waters flowing west towards the Galloway coast. The summit offers a genuine sense of remoteness among rolling, heathery moorland.

• •The River Nith, one of south-west Scotland's major waterways, rises in the col between Prickeny Hill and neighbouring Enoch Hill before flowing south-eastwards for 70 miles to reach the Solway Firth at Airds Point.
• •The name likely derives from Scots dialect, with 'prickeny' suggesting prickly or thorny vegetation, a reference to the gorse or thorny scrub that would have characterised the lower slopes in centuries past.
• •Despite its modest height, Prickeny Hill holds three classifications - Dodd, Donald Dewey, and Tump - making it a worthwhile target for peak-baggers working through multiple lists in the Southern Uplands.