Mallrenheskein

Rising from the high, lonely moorland south of Braemar, this rounded heathery tump offers a quiet escape from the busier Munros. Positioned near the head of Glen Ey, its broad summit provides a wild, expansive perspective across the rolling Mounth plateaus and the deep glacial trough of the valley below.

• •The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic Meall an t-Seichein, meaning 'hill of the skin' or 'hill of the hide', likely indicating a historic site for skinning deer or preparing hides.
• •Standing at 765 metres, the hill is frequently bypassed by walkers following the Ey Burn toward the popular Munro of An Socach, which rises immediately to the west.
• •The summit provides an excellent vantage point to look south across the infant River Ey toward the complex, craggy ridges of Beinn Iutharn Mhòr.
• •The approach through Glen Ey passes the remains of Altanour Lodge, once a substantial Victorian shooting lodge, now reduced to a few standing walls in a remote mountain setting.
• •The terrain consists of that classic Highland cocktail of ankle-deep heather and hidden peat hags, ensuring any 'shortcut' back to the main track is usually a mistake.