Lord Arthur's Hill

Rising above the Vale of Alford as the highest point of the Correen Hills, this rounded Aberdeenshire upland offers a quintessential heather-moorland ascent. While its broad profile is unassuming from a distance, the summit reward is a commanding perspective across the Don Valley toward the distinctive granite profile of nearby Bennachie.

• •The hill takes its name from Lord Arthur Forbes, a member of the local landowning family whose ancestral seat, Castle Forbes, lies just to the east in the Vale of Alford.
• •From its summit, the view is dominated by the sprawling profile of Bennachie to the east, while looking west provides a clear sightline to the sharp peak of The Buck of Cabrach on the Moray border.
• •Because it possesses a topographic prominence of over 150 metres, it is classified as a Marilyn—the highest such point in the Correen Hills range.
• •The ascent is frequently combined with the neighbouring Terpersie Hill to the north, forming a horseshoe walk around the head of the Esset Burn.
• •For a hill named after nobility, the terrain remains remarkably egalitarian, typically requiring the same level of gaiter-testing bog navigation regardless of one's social standing.