Scotland
Lord Arthur's Hill
518M
1699FT
About 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.
Key Statistics
Rank
111th Highest in Region
Parent Range
The Isle of Skye
Prominence
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265m
Nearest Town
Bithnie
Geology
Lord Arthur’s Hill rests on the Suie Hill Formation. The ground beneath you is semipelite, a tough rock created from ancient, compressed layers of mud.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NJ513198
Latitude
57.2662°N
Longitude
2.8084°W
Did You Know?
- •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.