Ruigh a' Chnoic Mhoir

Rising to 575 metres in the remote northwest Highlands, this Dodd sits amid the wild country between Loch Glencoul and Loch an Leathaid Bhuain. The Gaelic name translates as 'slope of the big hillock', a modest self-assessment for a summit that commands wide views across Sutherland's knobbly, lochan-scattered interior. Pathless and rarely visited, it rewards those prepared for genuine rough walking.

• •The name derives from Gaelic 'ruigh' (slope or shieling), 'a'' (of the), 'chnoic' (hillock), and 'mhoir' (big), describing the terrain feature that characterises this hill rather than the summit itself.
• •At grid reference NC328303, this hill occupies one of the emptiest quarters of mainland Scotland, with no through roads and only stalkers' tracks penetrating the surrounding deer forest.