Scotland's Marilyns

'S Airde Beinn — the Highest Hill — is a striking 295m volcanic crater hill north of Tobermory, with a deep crater lochan filling the summit cone. It is the most geologically dramatic small hill on Mull, the relic of an ancient eruption now ringed by a near-perfect circular ridge.

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A' Bheinn Bhan — the White Hill — is a pale-flanked 477m summit in central Ardgour, named for the white quartzite outcrops that pattern its upper slopes. It looks out across Glen Tarbert to the Garbh Bheinn ridge, and its quiet position makes it a fine choice for those wanting to escape the Glencoe crowds.

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A' Chruach — simply The Stack — rises to 366m above Loch Awe near Kilchrenan. Its squat rocky crown stands clear of the surrounding moor, giving it a presence beyond its modest height.

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The Stack, the high point of southern Arran's rolling moorland country. Quite different in character to the granite peaks of north Arran — gentle moorland whalebacks here rather than rocky aretes — with sweeping panoramas over the Firth of Clyde to Ailsa Craig.

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Paddy's Milestone — a 339m granite plug at NX 01 rising sheer from the Firth of Clyde 16km off Girvan. Quarried for the world's curling stones and now a seabird reserve, Ailsa Craig is one of Scotland's most singular Marilyns.

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Airds Hill is a 181m heather knoll in NM-square Appin, set on the small peninsula between Loch Creran and Loch Linnhe just north of Port Appin. The summit is the highest point of the Airds estate and looks west across the Lynn of Lorn to Lismore and the green farmland of the priory.

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Arnaval is a quiet 254m hill in northern South Uist, half-hidden among bigger eastern neighbours but worth seeking out for its solitude. The summit gives an unusual angle on Hecla and Beinn Mhor.

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Allermuir Hill, 493m, is the closest Marilyn to central Edinburgh — the NT-prefix summit immediately above Swanston and Hillend. The toposcope on top names a view that reaches from Bass Rock to Ben Lomond.

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An Cabar — the antler — rises to 558m at NH 257 641 on the north side of Glen Orrin, west of Strathconon. Its name describes the jagged profile when seen end-on from the strath. It is the south-west outlier of the Fannich group and gives an open, airy walk well outside the Munro circus.

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An Coileach, the cock, is a craggy 389m hill in the rough country of south-east Harris between Lingerabay and Loch Langabhat. Its rocky pyramidal form rises above the road and overlooks the Minch toward Skye.

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An Cruachan is a conical 435m hill standing between Drynoch and Loch Harport on Skye. Its isolated position gives a far better summit panorama than the height suggests, taking in the full Cuillin skyline.

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An Cuaidh — possibly the cup, from cuach — reaches 296m at NG 765 891 on the Rubha Mor peninsula north of Mellon Charles. The name may refer to a small cup-shaped corrie on its northern face, where the only steeper ground breaks the otherwise rolling moor.

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An Grianan — the sunny place — is a 549m hill on the south side of upper Glen Etive at NN 075 478. Like other "grianan" tops in the Highlands the name implies an east- or south-facing aspect favoured for shielings. From the cairn the long arm of Loch Etive stretches south-west towards Bonawe and the Connel narrows.

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An Grianan — the sunny place — stands 467m at NC 264 626 on the Cape Wrath peninsula, immediately west of Creag Riabhach. The Gaelic name marks south-facing slopes that catch first sun; the hilltop was historically used as a daytime gathering point for shepherds.

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An Laogh — the Calf — is a satellite of Cul Mor in the Inverpolly tangle south of Lochinver. The NC 16 10 grid places it among the lochans of Loch Sionascaig, with views over the Cromalt Hills and back to the unmistakable outline of Suilven.

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An Lean-charn ("the slender cairn") stands 521m in the NC41 square deep inside the Naver Forest deer ground, west of Loch Loyal. Few walkers reach it in any year. 521 m — a North-West Highlands hill.

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An Sgurr — simply the peak — reaches 391m at NG 857 387 on the southern Applecross peninsula, sister hill to Bad a' Chreamha just to the south. The sharp sgurr name fits the small but distinct rocky summit, conspicuous from the road over the Bealach na Ba.

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An Sgurr of Eigg is the most distinctive island peak in Britain — a 393m fortress of pitchstone lava rising vertically from the moorland. The summit walk is one of the great Hebridean day-trips, accessed by passenger ferry from Mallaig or Arisaig.

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An Sleaghach — the Spear — is a sharply defined 515m hill rising above the south coast of Morvern, its name reflecting the pointed profile seen from the Sound of Mull. The summit ridge is narrow by Morvern standards and the position above the sea makes for an unusual outlook, with the Isle of Lismore prominent below.

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This An Socach — the snout — is the 362m Cape Wrath summit at NC 265 586, one of three Sutherland Marilyns sharing the name. The hill takes its name from a pronounced rocky nose on its eastern flank, jutting out above the surrounding flow country like the snout of an animal.

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An Staonach reaches 516m at NG 830 480 on the long peninsula between Loch Torridon and Loch Kishorn, north of the Bealach na Ba. Staonach hints at a leaning or sloping form, and the hill does present a noticeably canted summit ridge from the Applecross road.

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An Stoc-bheinn — "the stump hill" — stands at 336m in the NC64 grid square inland from Loth on the Sutherland coast. It rises gently from the watershed dividing the Brora and Helmsdale catchments.

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An Tobha — 'the hoe' in Norse-influenced Gaelic — is the highest point of Sandray, the uninhabited island in the NL 593 grid square south of Vatersay. The 171m summit requires a charter boat to reach but rewards visitors with a wholly empty island.

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Aonach Sgoilte, the split ridge, is the long 848m crest east of Ladhar Bheinn in north Knoydart. The descriptive name fits — the summit is a knife of broken rock with twin tops divided by a notch, and the drops north into Coire Mhuidhe are precipitous.

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Ardsheal Hill is a 263m wooded Marilyn in NM-square Appin, occupying the small peninsula that juts into Loch Linnhe opposite the Corran Narrows. The summit knoll looks north across the loch to Ardgour, east into the entrance of Loch Leven, and south over Kentallen pier toward Beinn Bheithir.

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A 521m heather hill rising above Ewes Water near Langholm, on the Dumfriesshire-Roxburghshire boundary. The summit dome gives broad views across Eskdale and toward the Solway Firth. A 521 m top in the Borders.

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Arnaval is a 369m Norse-named rise in the Duirinish peninsula of north-west Skye. The summit gives an unusual sideways view of MacLeod's Tables and out across the Little Minch to Harris on clear days.

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The ancient volcano rising 251m above central Edinburgh, sitting inside Holyrood Park within walking distance of the Royal Mile. Carboniferous basalt forms the rugged summit crown and the dramatic Salisbury Crags below.

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Auchtertyre Hill (452m, NG 832 289) is the prominent green dome behind the village of Auchtertyre on the A87 between Kyle and Dornie. Its position right on Loch Alsh gives a panorama over to Skye that punches well above the modest elevation.

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Baca Ruadh is a high point on the Trotternish Ridge of Skye, the long undulating escarpment that runs from the Storr north to the Quiraing. The NG 47 57 grid sits on the main ridge spine, with the eastern flank dropping sheer to Bealach Hartaval and the gentler west side falling to Glen Romesdal.

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Bad a' Chreamha — the wild garlic clump — reaches 395m at NG 857 366 on the southern part of the Applecross peninsula above Loch Kishorn. The name records where ramsons once grew thickly in the wooded gullies below; remnants of the plant still appear on damp eastern slopes in spring.

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Bainloch Hill stands at 287m on the NX-grid coastal uplands above Sandyhills, a small Stewartry summit close to the Solway shore. The proximity to the sea gives views that feel disproportionate to the modest height.

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Cairnpapple Hill, 312m, is the NS-prefix archaeological summit of the Bathgate Hills in West Lothian — a low landmark crowned by a 5,000-year-old henge and Bronze Age cairn managed by Historic Environment Scotland.

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Beinn a Bhacaidh, the hill of the hindrance, rises directly above the south shore of Loch Ness between Foyers and Invermoriston. At 555m it is not a giant, but the steep face dropping straight to the loch gives the climb a Lake District feel rarely matched on the Great Glen.

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Beinn a' Bhaillidh — the Bailiff's Hill — is a low, wooded hill rising above the south shore of Loch Shiel in Moidart. Only 266m, but it claims its Marilyn status thanks to the steep drops on every side, and its summit clearing gives a beautiful view down the long line of the loch towards Glenfinnan.

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Beinn a' Bhraghad is a 461m grassy hill rising behind Sconser on Skye, looking across Loch Sligachan to the Red Hills. Its open ridge offers a quick escape with an easy summit and big views for relatively small effort.

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Beinn a' Chaisil — the Castle Hill — is a 437m Marilyn deep in Morvern, named for the fortress-like rocky tor that crowns its summit. The hill stands above Glen Geal and looks across to Loch Aline.

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Beinn a Chaoinich, the hill of the moss, is a 410m heather hump on the Glenelg peninsula north of Loch Hourn. The summit looks south across Knoydart, west to Skye and east toward the Five Sisters of Kintail — a remarkable view for so modest a hill.

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The cairned hill of Berneray sits at 196m as the highest point of this little island linked to North Uist by a causeway. Tiny in scale, it gives an outsized panorama across the Sound of Harris and back to the Uist hills.

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Beinn a' Chuirn — the hill of the cairn — is a 569m Marilyn in NN-square Argyll, sitting on the south side of Glen Lochy between Tyndrum and Dalmally. The summit looks east into Cononish under Ben Lui and west down the glen to the gold mine and the River Lochy curving toward Loch Awe.

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Beinn a' Chumhainn — the hill of the narrow pass — is a 901m Marilyn in NN-square Lochaber, lying on the west side of the empty country between Loch Ossian and Loch Ericht. The summit is a remote knot of bilberry and stone with views east into Ben Alder Forest and west to the Aonachs.

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Beinn a' Ghraig stands 591m above the head of Loch na Keal on the north side of Mull, looking directly across to Ben More. Despite its proximity to the island's only Munro it sees very few boots, and the summit terraces of basalt offer a quiet, panoramic stage for the whole Mull skyline.

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Beinn a' Mhadaidh — "hill of the fox" — is a 403m moorland summit in the NC76 grid square partway up Strath Naver. Cleared townships lie scattered on its lower slopes, a poignant reminder of the Clearances.

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Beinn a' Mheadhain — the middle hill — rises to 414m at NG 918 288 above the head of Loch Long, the southern sea-arm that splits Kintail from Glen Elchaig. It sits between bigger neighbours, which is exactly the meaning the Gaelic captures: a hill in the middle.

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Beinn a Mhonicag sits at 567m in the rough country between Loch Laggan and the Great Glen, north of Tulloch station and west of the Corrieyairack Pass. It is a remote outlier of the Monadhliath, more often seen from the West Highland railway than walked.

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Beinn Akie is a quiet 288m bump in the NC34 grid square on the Cape Wrath peninsula, looking out across the Kyle of Durness towards Faraid Head. Despite the height, it is one of the most isolated summits in mainland Britain.

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This Beinn an Eoin sits on the watershed between Loch More and Loch Stack in central Sutherland, well east of the Foinaven group. The NC grid square places it among the quartzite knolls and lochan-pocked moors of the Reay Forest, a wild quarter rarely visited outside the stalking season.

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Beinn an t-Sidhein — the fairy hill — is the 572m guardian peak of Strathyre, rising directly above the village at NN 547 178. Tradition says the fairies of Loch Lubnaig lived on its summit. The hill's eastern flank drops steeply through Sitka spruce to the river; the Forestry Commission maintains a network of waymarked paths up its lower slopes.

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Beinn an Tuim, the hill of the knoll, rises directly above the Glenfinnan viaduct to 812m. It is the dominant peak of the immediate Glenfinnan skyline and a Corbett-height Marilyn with a clean south ridge facing Loch Shiel.

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Beinn an Tuirc, the Hill of the Boar, is the highest point of Kintyre at 454m. Legend links it to Diarmid's fatal hunt and the slopes today carry one of Scotland's earlier hilltop wind farms.

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Beinn Bhac-ghlais is the southernmost of the MacLeod's Tables group, sitting just south of Healabhal Bheag on the Duirinish peninsula. The NG 22 40 grid puts it inland from Idrigill Point on west Skye, with sea views over Loch Bracadale and out to the basalt sea stacks of MacLeod's Maidens.

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This 319m Beinn Bhan (White Hill) stands on the Kintyre peninsula near Skipness, looking across Kilbrannan Sound to Arran. Its pale grass crown picks out the name in bright weather.

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Beinn Bheigier is the high point of Islay at 491m, rising above the wild south-eastern moorland of the island. On clear days the view reaches Ireland — the Antrim coast and even the Mournes visible across the sea.

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Beinn Bhragair takes its name from the crofting township of Bragar on the Atlantic coast of west Lewis, rising to 261m above the great moor inland. It is the only significant prominence between the Bragar machair and the central wilderness, giving big airy views in clear weather.

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This Beinn Bhreac — the Speckled Hill — is on the western side of the Waternish peninsula, the NG 25 53 grid placing it directly west of Beinn Chreagach above Loch Bay. The two hills make a natural pair across a small grassy bealach, both sharing the characteristic speckled appearance of weathered basalt knolls.

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Beinn Bhreac (speckled hill) is a 448m moorland top above Bracadale in central Skye, with a fine elevated view across Loch Bracadale to MacLeod's Tables and the Cuillin. The summit area is a mosaic of basalt outcrops and lochans.

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Beinn Bhreac — the Speckled Hill — is a small, characterful summit at the head of Loch Doilet in Sunart, rising to just 240m yet making a tidy half-day out. The name reflects the lichen-streaked outcrops that pattern the upper slopes. Views span the Sunart oakwoods and pick out Garbh Bheinn's craggy profile to the east.

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Beinn Bhreac (Speckled Hill) sits at 526m above Strachur on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne. Its name reflects the patchwork of heather, grass and outcrop that mottles its slopes when viewed from below.

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This particular Beinn Bhreac — the Speckled Hill — stands at 468m on the Craignish peninsula in mid-Argyll. Its position close to the western coast gives a remarkable seaward panorama over the Sound of Jura and Lunga.

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This Beinn Bhreac is the more southerly of the Knapdale Speckled Hills, sitting at 441m above the Sound of Jura. It is a quiet rounded summit surrounded by lochans and rough pasture, with Jura filling the western horizon.

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Speckled Hill, a broad heather-and-granite dome north of Glen Rosa on Arran. From the summit ridge the famous A'Chir aretes and Cir Mhor rise dramatically to the west, offering a fine first taste of the wilder northern Arran skyline without committing to scrambling ground.

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Beinn Bhreac, the speckled hill, sits on the east coast of Lewis between Loch Erisort and Tiumpan Head. The summit at 191m looks out over the Minch toward the Sutherland mountains and on a clear evening makes a fine sunset perch.

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Beinn Bhuidhe — the Yellow Hill — rises 413m above the Sound of Mull east of Salen, taking its name from the cast of its summer grasses. The view down the Sound to Lismore and Morvern is the chief reward, with the Mull railway-era pier of Craignure visible to the south.

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Beinn Chapull, the Hill of the Horse, is a 515m Marilyn rising above the head of Loch Avich in mid-Argyll. Its compact dome sits in remote country with few visitors.

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Beinn Chlaonleud, the Slanting Slope Hill, rises to 479m on the rugged Morvern peninsula. Its asymmetric ridge — gentler on one flank, steeper on the other — gives it real character among the lesser-known Ardgour Marilyns.

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Beinn Chliad rises in the NF 678 grid square at the north end of Eriskay, the small island linked to South Uist by causeway. The 206m top is the high point of the island and a fine vantage over the Sound of Barra, with the name suggesting a rocky peak in Gaelic.

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Wedged between the bigger Beinn Mhor and Hecla on the eastern spine of South Uist, Ben Corodale is a rugged 525m peak with cliffs above Coire Hellisdale. Often climbed as part of the classic South Uist three-peak traverse.

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Beinn Chreagach — the Rocky Hill — rises in the middle of the Waternish peninsula in north-west Skye. The NG 28 53 grid puts it on the high ground between Loch Bay and Loch Snizort, overlooking the village of Stein and the romantic outline of Dunvegan Castle to the south.

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Beinn Chreagach — the Craggy Hill — is the highest point on the southern side of Loch Scridain, rising 378m above the road to Bunessan. The west view from the cairn takes in the white sands of the Ross of Mull, Iona, and the Treshnish basalt stacks on a clear day.

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This Beinn Chreagach is the 313m basalt summit between Calgary Bay and Dervaig on the north arm of Mull, distinct from its higher namesake on the Ross. The hill is a low plateau with steep flanks dropping toward the Sound of Mull and gives a fine view across to the Treshnish Isles.

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Beinn Churalain at 549m is a striking little peak above Glen Creran in north Argyll at NM 990 461. From the south it rises in a near-perfect cone of grass and rock from the sea-level head of Loch Creran. Views from the cairn span Lismore, the Sound of Mull and inland to Beinn Sgulaird.

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Beinn Conchra rises to 453m at NG 887 291 directly above the village of Dornie at the meeting of Loch Long, Loch Alsh and Loch Duich. The name is tentatively linked to a personal name; whatever its origin, the hill offers one of the finest low-level viewpoints in Kintail, overlooking Eilean Donan castle.

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Beinn Dearg — the red hill — at 427m is a quiet heather summit in the Menteith Hills south-east of Loch Katrine, at NN 588 037. The hill takes its name from the red-tinged peat and bracken that flushes the slopes in autumn. From the top you look south across the Carse of Stirling and north into the broken Trossachs ridges.

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This Beinn Dearg — the red hill — is the 424m Cape Wrath summit at NC 279 658, not to be confused with the Munro of the same name far to the south. The red sandstone bands that give it its name run in horizontal terraces across the south face, glowing especially in evening light.

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Beinn Dearg, the Red Hill, reaches 483m in the Knapdale hills behind Lochgilphead. Iron-rich rock gives the summit slopes their characteristic warm hue, especially after rain. 483.3 m — a argyll hill.

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Beinn Dhubh, the dark hill, forms the long ridge above Luskentyre on south Harris and offers what many regard as the finest view in the islands. The summit looks straight down onto white shell beaches and turquoise sea on one side and inland to the dark Harris hills on the other.

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Beinn Domhnaill — "Donald's hill" — is a 349m moorland hill in the NH67 grid square just north of the Dornoch Firth above Spinningdale. A friendly low summit with a wide view south to Easter Ross.

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Beinn Donn — the brown hill — is a 473m Marilyn in NM-square Argyll, planted on the south shore of Loch Etive between Bonawe and Inverawe. The summit looks across the loch to Ben Cruachan and south over the slate quarries to the Pass of Brander and the head of Loch Awe.

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Beinn Dubh — the black hill — is the dark, peaty ridge that climbs from the village of Luss to 508m, at NS 404 045. Its silhouette dominates the view across Loch Lomond from Inveruglas. The Luss Heritage Path delivers walkers to its lower slopes; from the cairned top the view spans the loch islands of Inchlonaig and Inchconnachan.

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Beinn Dubh Airigh — the Dark Hill of the Shieling — is a 459m summit in mid-Knapdale, named for the long-gone summer pastures on its slopes. It is a quiet, little-frequented top.

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Beinn Dubh an Iaruinn — the black hill of the iron — rises to 591m at NH 182 392 in the high ground between Strathconon and Glen Carron. The name probably points to ironstone or iron-rich rock once worked or noted in the area; the eastern face does show rust-stained outcrops.

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Beinn Dubhain — possibly "wee dark hill" — is a 417m heathery dome in the NC93 grid square south of Kinbrace, deep in the Langwell-Helmsdale watershed. North-West Highlands summit at 417 m.

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Beinn Duirinnis is the 556m hill above Loch Etive between Inverawe and Taynuilt at NN 021 347. The name probably means "deer-ness peak". The summit stands above the famous Falls of Cruachan on the loch's southern shore, with a long open ridge that drops east to Inverliever Forest and west to the Loch Awe basin.

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Beinn Eilde — the hill of the hinds — is a 674m Marilyn in NN-square Badenoch, set above the north end of Loch Ericht east of Dalwhinnie. The summit looks west across the long loch to Ben Alder and east into the Drumochter Munros, with the A9 humming faintly far below.

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Beinn Eilideach — hill of the hind — is a 559m hill at NH 170 926 on the rising ground east of Ullapool, between Loch Achall and the Rhidorroch deer forest. The name reflects its long-standing role as hind ground; the hill is part of an active stalking estate.

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Beinn Gharbh — the rough hill — earns its name on the rocky ridge between Glenfinnan and Glen Pean north of Loch Eil. At 895m it is Corbett-height and a serious day, with the Sunart and Moidart hills laid out to the south.

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This Beinn Ghlas (not the Lawers Munro of the same name) is a 551m hill above Glen Lochy west of Tyndrum, at NN 131 180. Its grey-green slopes drop into the Allt Cailliche, and the West Highland Railway curves around its foot. The summit looks down on Auch and across to the Beinn Dorain group.

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This 516m Beinn Ghlas (Green-grey Hill) lies above Kilchrenan in mid-Argyll, with a fine outlook to Ben Cruachan across Loch Awe. It is the higher of two Argyll Marilyns sharing the name.

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This lower Beinn Ghlas (Green-grey Hill) is the 420m high point of the long Kintyre ridge above Tarbert. From its crown you see Arran rising across Kilbrannan Sound and, on clear days, Antrim across the North Channel.

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Beinn Ghuilean stands at 354m directly above Campbeltown, a familiar backdrop to the town and its loch. Once a Forestry Commission viewpoint, the hill remains popular with locals taking the well-signed forest paths.

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Beinn Lagan rises sharply from the eastern shore of Loch Fyne at 465m. Despite its modest stature the hill provides a quick steep workout with excellent views down the loch toward the Cowal hills and Arran beyond.

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Beinn Leamhain — the Elm Hill — is a 508m hill in south Ardgour, set back from Loch Linnhe above the village of Inversanda. Few elms remain on the slopes now, but the name preserves an older landscape. The hill gives long views down Loch Linnhe to Lismore and the Firth of Lorn.

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Beinn Lora is a 308m forested Marilyn in NM-square Argyll, immediately above the village of Benderloch on the A828 just north of Connel. Despite its low altitude the hill stands alone above the sea, with the trig point looking west across Ardmucknish Bay to Lismore and the Sound of Mull and east into the mouth of Loch Etive.

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Beinn Lunndaidh — "boggy hill" — is a 446m moorland summit in the NC79 grid square close to the coast at Brora, with views straight out to the North Sea.

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Beinn Mheadhanach — the Middle Hill — is a 397m bump tucked between the higher Uig summits and the loch country of central west Lewis. Despite being overlooked by its neighbours, it has fine views down Loch Stacsabhat and across the moor to Mealaisbhal.

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This Beinn Mheadhoin — middle hill in Gaelic, one of several so named — is the 555m summit east of Loch Mhor and north of Whitebridge, in the rolling country south of Loch Ness. Disambiguated by its grid reference NH 60 21, it is not the Cairngorm tor of the same name but a quieter heather lump in the Stratherrick uplands.

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Beinn Mheadhonach — the middle hill — is a 589m summit between Loch Etive and Loch Creran at NN 064 434, sitting at the centre of the Bonawe peninsula. The flat-topped ridge is composed of slate and quartzite; from the cairn you look down on the Connel narrows and across to Mull's Ben More.

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Beinn Mhealaich — "honey hill" — is a 592m moorland rise in the NC96 grid square inland from Brora, on the watershed between Strath Brora and the upper Helmsdale. A 592 m top in the North-West Highlands.

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Beinn Mhialairigh stands at 548m on the Glenelg peninsula, looking straight across the Sound of Sleat to the southern shore of Skye. The summit gives one of the finest unsung coastal views in the western Highlands, with Knoydart filling the southern horizon.

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Beinn Mholach — the Shaggy Hill — is a 292m heather and bog summit marooned in the great central moor of Lewis between Stornoway and the north coast. It is the high point of one of the largest expanses of blanket bog in Europe.

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One of many Beinn Mhors in Scotland — big hill — this 471m Strathspey example sits between Carrbridge and Grantown above the Dulnain. Heather-covered and forested below, its broad summit looks out over the patchwork of birchwood and pasture in the lower Spey.

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Despite its grand name — Big Hill — this Beinn Mhor reaches only 194m above Loch Melfort, yet still earns Marilyn status. From the top a tangle of sea lochs, islets and skerries on the Craignish coastline lies spread below.

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Big Hill, the high point of the Oa peninsula on Islay's wild south-western tip. The American Monument on the nearby clifftop and the seabird-haunted sea cliffs of the Mull of Oa give the area a character quite unlike the rest of the island.

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Beinn Mhor — simply the Big Hill in Gaelic — is the dominant summit of the Pairc peninsula in south Lewis, rising to 572m above the deer-haunted glens of the Park forest. It is one of the most isolated Marilyns in Britain, ringed by trackless gneiss country and sea lochs on three sides.

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This Beinn Mhor — distinct from its taller South Uist namesake — is a 190m gneiss summit on the eastern peninsula of North Uist near Lochmaddy. The hill commands views over Loch nam Madadh and across to the Skye Cuillin in good weather.

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Beinn na Cro is a 572m granite hill between Loch Slapin and Broadford on Skye, with a fine narrow summit ridge that contrasts with the broader red hills nearby. Often climbed in pairing with Belig and Garbh-bheinn.

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Beinn na Croise — the Hill of the Cross — is a 503m basalt top on the south shore of Loch Scridain, looking across the loch to the cliffs of Ardmeanach. Its prominence and isolated stance give surprisingly extensive views over the Ross of Mull toward Iona.

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Beinn na Drise — the Hill of the Brambles — is a 424m top set above Loch Frisa on the north arm of Mull. The hill is unmistakable from the Tobermory road, a shapely cone of basalt steps with a small pointed summit.

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Beinn na Duatharach — the Hill of the Shadow — sits at 456m in the central uplands of Mull, set back from Loch Spelve and the head of Glen More. It is a hill that catches walkers by surprise: from the lay-bys on the A849 it looks unremarkable, but the summit view of Ben More across Loch Ba is one of the finest on the island.

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Beinn na Greine — the Hill of the Sun — sits inland from Portree on the watershed between Loch Snizort and Loch Portree. The NG 45 41 grid places it on the small upland between the A87 and the Trotternish foothills, with sweeping views over Skye's capital and east to Raasay.

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Beinn na h-Iolaire — the Eagle Hill — occupies the northern half of the Isle of Raasay, the NG 59 50 grid placing it on the wild uninhabited moorland north of Dun Caan. The hill is a known nesting area for sea eagles and overlooks the south end of the Sound of Rona.

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Beinn na h-Uamha, the Hill of the Cave, sits at 465m above Loch Sunart in deepest Morvern. The cave from which it takes its name is tucked into the rocky upper slopes, looking out across the sea loch toward Ardnamurchan.

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Beinn na Lice, the Hill of the Flagstone, rises to 428m close to the famous Mull of Kintyre lighthouse. Slate-grey outcrops on the summit gave it the name, and from the top the coast of Ireland feels almost within touching distance.

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Beinn na Seamraig (hill of the shamrocks) is the high point of the Sleat peninsula at 561m, offering the best summit panorama in south Skye — the entire Cuillin to the north and Knoydart's rough bounds to the east.

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Beinn na Seilg — the Hunting Hill — is the highest point of the far western tip of Ardnamurchan, only 342m but commanding a panorama that takes in the entire Inner Hebrides on a clear evening. The rugged top of pink granitic rock looks far more mountainous than its height suggests, and the sunsets from here are among the finest on the British mainland.

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Beinn na Sreine — the Hill of the Bridle — is a 521m summit on Mull's wild Ardmeanach peninsula, set back from the cliffs of the Wilderness. It is a quietly worthwhile top, well placed for views down Loch Scridain and across to the Treshnish Isles.

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Beinn nam Ban — the women's hill — rises to 580m at NH 108 908 on the wild moorland between Loch Ewe and Little Loch Broom. The Gaelic name is shared with hills elsewhere and may refer to traditional shielings worked by women, or to features once visited only by women in seasonal patterns.

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Beinn nam Beathrach is a quiet 582m hill set back in central Morvern, north of Loch Aline. The name has been variously interpreted but probably refers to thunder or bears (the latter long extinct here). From the rounded summit the view spans the empty Morvern interior, with Mull visible beyond the Sound to the southwest.

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Beinn nan Cabar — the hill of the deer antlers — is a 574m summit on the rough peninsula between Loch Ailort and Loch Beoraid in northern Moidart. The view from the top runs from Eigg and Rum out west to the Knoydart skyline north.

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Beinn nan Carn is a 301m gentle summit on the Sleat peninsula of south Skye, set among native birch and oak woodland — a rare habitat for a Scottish Marilyn. The walk feels more lowland forest than Highland hill.

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Beinn Ra rises directly above the famous white sands of Luskentyre on West Harris, giving it one of the best beach views of any Scottish hill. The 267m summit is more rounded than dramatic, but the panorama over the bay is unforgettable.

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Beinn Raimh — possibly the oar hill, from raimh meaning oar — rises to 447m at NG 847 311 between Stromeferry and Plockton. The hill's elongated north-south summit ridge does resemble an oar laid across the landscape when seen from the railway.

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Beinn Reidh — the Smooth Hill — fronts Loch Assynt to the north and looks across to Quinag's sandstone wall. The NC 21 21 grid puts the summit on the divide between Glen Leireag and Loch nan Caorach, an area of low gneiss bosses and shining lochans.

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Beinn Ruigh Choinnich — Kenneth's shieling hill — looms directly above Lochboisdale and is the first peak many visitors lay eyes on when stepping off the Calmac ferry. Its 276m summit gives a fine overview of the southern Uist seascape.

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Beinn Sgeireach — the Skerry-Hill — sits at the head of Loch Shin's western arm in the great empty quarter between Crask and Overscaig. The NC 45 11 grid puts it among the lochan-pitted moors that drain south to the Shin, with Ben Klibreck filling the eastern horizon.

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Beinn Sgluich — a 466m grass-and-quartzite Marilyn in NM-square Argyll, set on the high ground between Glen Kinglass and the head of Loch Etive west of Bonawe. The summit watches the long fjord-finger of Etive bend north into the Glencoe hills, with the Cruachan horseshoe just over the southern skyline.

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Ben Scrien is the high point of Eriskay, the small island made famous by the 1941 SS Politician whisky-galore shipwreck. Just 186m, it crowns the island and offers a perfect microcosmic view of southern Uist seascape.

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Beinn Stumanadh is a 527m broad-shouldered hill in the NC64 grid square, sitting east of Loch Loyal and reflected in Loch nan Clàr to its south. Its name probably refers to a stumpy or blunt profile.

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Tangaval is Barra's second-highest hill at 332m and arguably more elegant than Heaval, with a fine ridge running east to west. The summit looks straight down onto Vatersay's twin beaches and out across the open Atlantic.

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Transverse Hill, a 556m granite top forming the western wall of Glen Rosa on Arran. Despite sitting in the shadow of A'Chir and Cir Mhor, it offers one of the finest mid-grade summits on Arran with serious views of the Sleeping Warrior skyline.

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Hill of the Thirst, the high point of the Rinns of Islay peninsula in the far west of the island. A trig pillar crowns the summit and the open situation gives a remarkable horizon for so modest a height — Jura, Colonsay, the Antrim coast and the open Atlantic all in view on a clear day.

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Beinn Uamha — the hill of the cave — rises to 596m above Glen Finglas, well inside the Trossachs at NN 386 069. It sits on the wild Mell ridge between Brig o' Turk and the head of Glen Finglas reservoir, looking south to the Loch Katrine watershed and west to Stob a' Choin. The "cave" of the name is a deep cleft on its eastern face.

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Beinn Uird — the anvil hill — reaches 596m on the wedge of high ground between Loch Long and Loch Lomond at NS 399 985. It is one of the lonely Luss/Argyll Forest tops where steep birch flanks rise from the Glen Douglas military railway towards a rocky little crown. The summit overlooks the head of Glen Mallan and the upper Loch Long.

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Belling Hill rises to 354m in the Cheviot foothills of Roxburghshire, above the Bowmont Water near Hownam (NT 64203 11835). A quiet grass and heather hill close to the English border with views toward the main Cheviot ridge and the Schil.

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A 471m forested hill above the lower Spey near Fochabers — a Marilyn that doubles as one of Moray's most popular mountain-bike venues. The trig pillar pokes above the conifers and gives a sweeping view of the silver Spey winding to the Moray Firth.

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Ben Bowie is the 313m forested hill above Helensburgh and Cardross, at NS 339 828. Its summit trig point sits on a small clearing in spruce plantation, but a short walk west of the trig opens up an enormous panorama of the Clyde estuary, with Dumbarton Rock, Greenock and the Cowal hills laid out below.

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Ben Clach — the stone hill — is the easternmost summit of the Ochil chain, rising to 533m above the Allan Water at NN 759 152. To the north it falls sharply into Glen Eagles; to the south the grass slopes roll down towards Blackford and the A9. Despite proximity to the road, the summit feels remote and is rarely busy.

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This Ben Dearg sits a few kilometres north of the iconic Old Man of Storr on the Trotternish escarpment. The NG 47 50 grid puts the summit on the same north-south spine but on the southern half of the ridge, with steep eastern crags facing the Sound of Raasay.

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Ben Dreavie stands above Loch Stack Lodge on the southern edge of the Cape Wrath wilderness, north of the A838 between Laxford Bridge and Durness. The NC 26 39 location gives it a panorama of Foinaven's ridge and the loch-strewn ground around Loch a' Garbh-bhaid Mor.

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Ben Garrisdale rises to 373m above remote Garrisdale Bay on the wild Atlantic coast of northern Jura. This is one of the loneliest Marilyns in Scotland — a serious commitment requiring miles of trackless walking to reach the summit.

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Ben Geary stands at the very tip of the Waternish peninsula, the NG 25 61 grid putting it within sight of Waternish Point lighthouse and the Outer Hebrides across the Minch. The hill takes its name from the nearby crofting hamlet of Geary on Skye's north coast.

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Ben Griam Beg is the slightly lower 579m partner to Ben Griam Mor, lying just to the northeast in the NC83 grid square. It carries the remains of one of Scotland's highest Iron Age hillforts on its eastern flank.

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Ben Griam Mor rises to 590m in the NC80 grid square, the higher of two solitary hills standing proud above the Flow Country between Kinbrace and Forsinard. Its sandstone cap is visible for thirty miles.

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Ben Hiant — the Holy Mountain — is the most striking hill on Ardnamurchan, rising in a shapely double-headed cone above the Sound of Mull. Although only 528m, it is the eroded core of a Tertiary volcano, and the ascent picks its way through dykes and lava cliffs. The summit view is one of the most expansive in the western Highlands, taking in Mull, Coll, Tiree, Rum and Eigg.

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Ben Hiel is a steep-sided 535m cone in the NC59 grid square, sitting above the south end of the Kyle of Tongue and forming a distinctive horizon from the village.

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Ben Horn is a prominent 520m hill in the NC80 grid square overlooking Loch Horn west of Brora. Its conical profile from the coast makes it one of the more recognisable east-Sutherland summits.

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Ben Hutig is a 408m sea-cliff Marilyn in the NC53 grid square at the northern tip of mainland Sutherland, just east of Tongue. The summit drops away dramatically to the Atlantic.

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Ben Inverveigh is a 637m schist ridge in NN-square Argyll, lying along the west side of Loch Tulla between Bridge of Orchy and Inveroran. From the long crest the eye drops to the Black Mount and Rannoch Moor in the north, with the West Highland Way running below the southern slopes.

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Ben Laga rises from the north shore of Loch Sunart at the eastern end of Ardnamurchan, a 512m steep-sided hill of dark basalt cliffs and birch-fringed lower slopes. It dominates the village of Glenborrodale and gives a fine viewpoint across the loch to Morvern. Despite a clear forest road approach, the upper hill is rough and trackless.

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Ben Lee rises directly above the village of Peinchorran on Loch Sligachan, looking south across the loch to Marsco and the Red Hills. The NG 50 33 grid puts it on the small peninsula between Sligachan and Loch Ainort, with a famously good viewpoint over the eastern Cuillin.

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Ben Meabost is a 345m hill overlooking the village of Elgol on south Skye, with the Cuillin filling the horizon to the north and Soay and Rum to the west. A near-perfect short walk for big rewards.

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Beautiful Hill, the genteel viewpoint above Strathdon village in upper Donside. A waymarked path through old Caledonian pine and birch leads to a cairn with one of the best panoramas in the eastern Cairngorms — Lochnagar, the Buck and Ben Avon all line up beyond the valley.

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Ben Shieldaig stands at 534m at NG 833 524 directly above the village of Shieldaig on Loch Torridon. Its name borrows the Norse-origin word for the herring loch below, and the hill carries fragments of the largest native Scots pine wood in north-west Scotland on its flanks.

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Ben Tianavaig is the striking sea-cliff hill that dominates the bay south of Portree on Skye. The NG 51 40 grid puts it at the heart of The Braes, the crofting community whose 1882 land struggles were a turning point in Highland history; the hill's eastern face plunges in basalt columns directly to the Sound of Raasay.

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Benaquhallie reaches 494m on a quiet stretch of moorland between the Don and Dee, a rounded heathery dome offering big skies and views to Lochnagar. One of the lesser-walked Aberdeenshire Marilyns, with a real sense of solitude.

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Benarty Hill rears above the south shore of Loch Leven at NT15, a dramatic basalt escarpment of 356m known locally as the Sleeping Giant for its profile. The summit looks straight down onto the Loch Leven RSPB reserve and across to the Lomonds.

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Benbeoch rises to 463m on the NS-square ridge above Dalmellington, an East Ayrshire summit best known for the dramatic basalt cliff that drops to the Doon valley below. The crag gives the hill a profile far bigger than its height.

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A 439m Carrick Marilyn at NX 13 east of Ballantrae, perched above the wild coast of South Ayrshire. Beneraird gives a sea-and-hill panorama from Ailsa Craig across to the Galloway Forest.

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Bengairn rises to 391m on the NX-grid coastal hills above Auchencairn Bay in the Stewartry. Paired with neighbouring Screel Hill, it forms one of the most popular short hill days in eastern Galloway.

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A 367m Stewartry Marilyn at NX 63 north of Gatehouse of Fleet above Loch Whinyeon. Bengray is a quiet heather-and-granite hill on the eastern margins of the Galloway Forest. Reaches 367 m in the galloway.

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Oxen Craig is the highest point of Bennachie, the granite ridge whose distinctive silhouette dominates the central Aberdeenshire landscape. While Mither Tap to the east is the famous tor-crowned summit, this 529m top is the true high point of one of Scotland's most-loved local hills.

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Bennan stands at 398m on the NX-grid Cairn Water moors, a small Dumfriesshire summit between Dunscore and Glencairn parish. The Gaelic root of the name ("peak") still suits the abrupt rise above farmland below.

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Bidean Bad na h-Iolaire — the eagle's clumped peak — is a 528m Marilyn in NN-square Lochaber, occupying the high ground between Loch Arkaig and Glen Loy north-east of Banavie. The summit gives an unusual angle on Ben Nevis from the west, with the Great Glen falling away to the south.

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Bidein Clann Raonaild — the MacRanalds' clan peak — rises to 466m at NH 053 591 above Loch a' Chroisg between Achnasheen and Kinlochewe. The MacRanald name attached to a small group of associated families and the hill, modest in height, has a steep little summit cone that earns the bidein suffix.

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The Bin, a 320m wooded sentinel rising directly inland from the harbour village of Cullen on the Moray Firth. The summit clearing is one of the great coastal viewpoints in Scotland — a sweep of sea from Tarbat Ness to Troup Head with the Caithness hills crisp on the northern horizon.

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Binnean nan Gobhar — the little peak of the goats — is the rocky 584m top above Glen Douglas in the Luss Hills, at NS 419 967. It sits within sight of Beinn Bhreac and Cruach an t-Sidhein, on the spine that divides the headwaters of the Inveruglas Water from the Glen Mallan burns. Its steep northern face is the most striking aspect; the south side is gentler grass.

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Biod an Athair — the Air Point — is the highest sea-cliff on Skye, the NG 15 54 grid putting its 314m summit directly above the Atlantic on the Duirinish peninsula north-west of Dunvegan. The cliff falls almost 300m sheer to the sea, making this one of the most dramatic coastal summits in Britain.

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Biod Mor (the big point) at 384m perches above Loch Bracadale in west Skye, looking out to the iconic sea stacks of Macleod's Maidens. The walk combines moorland with one of the most dramatic coastal panoramas on the island.

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Bioda Buidhe — the Yellow Pinnacle — sits just south of the Quiraing on the Trotternish Ridge of Skye. The NG 43 66 grid places it between Bealach Uige and Meall na Suiramach, where the eastern cliffs drop dramatically to the landslip terraces below.

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Bioda Mor — 'the big point' — rises in the NF 104 grid square at the south-west end of Dùn, the cliffed islet that shelters Hirta's Village Bay in the St Kilda group. The 178m summit caps a dramatic narrow ridge above sheer cliffs.

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King's Seat is the highest point of Birnam Hill, the wooded knot above Dunkeld in NO-square Perthshire. Shakespeare's "Birnam Wood" still cloaks the lower flanks, dropping steeply to the Tay at Dunkeld and Birnam. The 403m top is a low crag with a triangulation pillar and a commanding view down Strathtay and out over Stanley.

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Bishop Forest Hill caps a 393m wooded ridge on the NX-grid divide between the Cairn and Old Water valleys in Dumfriesshire. The patchwork of plantation and moor around the summit gives a distinctive feel.

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Bishop Hill is the southern outlier of the Lomond Hills, rising in the NO 185 grid square directly above Loch Leven. Its 461m summit ends in a steep volcanic scarp on the western edge that makes the hill look more dramatic from below than its height suggests.

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Black Craig rises to 522m above Loch Striven on the Cowal peninsula. Its dark cliffs face the loch, while the rounded west side offers walkers an easier line through forestry to the trig pillar.

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Black Hill rises west of the main Pentland ridge in the NT-prefix country above the Loganlea and Glencorse reservoirs. A 501m heathery dome that gives Edinburgh walkers a quieter alternative to Scald Law.

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This Black Hill is the 314m roadside Marilyn near Earlston in the NT-prefix Berwickshire borderlands. Low and approachable, but with enough prominence above the Leader and Gala valleys to provide a genuine top.

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Black Mount at 516m straddles the Peeblesshire-Lanarkshire border in the NT-prefix watershed country south of Dolphinton. A solitary rounded hill that looks bigger than its modest height suggests. Borders summit at 516 m.

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Blackwood Hill stands at 447m above the Borthwick Water in southern Roxburghshire (NY 53172 96191), a broad heather-clad top with extensive forestry on its lower slopes. The summit gives views toward Teviotdale and the Cheviot Hills along the English border.

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Blaeloch Hill is a 407m moorland top at NS24 above Largs and the Firth of Clyde, the highest ground at the centre of the Largs Hills. Wide views run from Arran and Cumbrae to the Renfrewshire Heights.

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Bleabhal sits in the broken hill country between Leverburgh and Northton on south Harris, a rocky 398m summit standing above the celebrated Scarista beach. Its compact size and stunning seaward outlook make it one of the most rewarding short hills in the Hebrides.

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Blotchnie Fiold is the highest point of Rousay, the small green island sometimes called "the Egypt of the north" for its concentration of prehistoric tombs. The 250m summit rises in the centre of the island and gives wide views over the Eynhallow Sound to the Mainland.

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Bogrie Hill reaches 432m on the NX-grid Cairn Water headwaters in central Dumfriesshire. Tucked between Dunscore and Moniaive, it is a hill for those wanting a peaceful afternoon away from the better-known summits.

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Braigh na h-Eaglaise — "the upper part of the church" — is a 423m flat-topped moor in the ND06 grid square above the Langwell Water in Caithness. The name probably commemorates a long-vanished chapel below.

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Breac-Bheinn — the speckled hill — is a 464m summit at NH 498 950 east of Bonar Bridge. The Gaelic refers to a mottled pattern of pale quartzite blocks scattered across darker schist — a glacial scattering visible from miles around when the light catches them.

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Brimmond Hill is Aberdeen's nearest Marilyn — a 266m bracken-and-heather summit on the western edge of the city, popular with dog-walkers, joggers and after-work hill-baggers. Despite the modest height, the panorama takes in the North Sea, Bennachie and Lochnagar.

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Broomy Law, 426m, rises between the Tweed and the Lyne in the NT-prefix country west of Peebles. The summit overlooks Stobo and the upper Tweed valley with a clear sightline to the Manor Hills.

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Broughton Heights — summit Pyked Stane Hill at 571m — is the broad NT-prefix ridge that rises north of Broughton village in upper Tweeddale. The summit plateau is generous and the views span the Pentlands, Culter Fell and the Cheviot foothills.

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Rising abruptly from the Carrick coast at NS 28 just south of Ayr, this 287m hill commands the Heads of Ayr skyline. Brown Carrick is a local favourite for its sweeping Firth of Clyde panorama out to Arran and Ailsa Craig.

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Brown Muir is a low 339m heath on the Moray plain south of Elgin, easily mistaken for a swelling field until the actual prominence and panoramic top becomes obvious. The hill carries a small Bronze Age cairn and traces of an old whisky-bothy track linking it to historic distilleries.

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A short forested rise behind the Moray village of Burgie reaching a mere 254m, yet ticking the prominence box thanks to surrounding farmland. The hill carries the ruins of Burgie Castle on its lower flank, and a wartime concrete observation post sits crumbling near the top.

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Button Hills — also known as Dalescord Hill — reach 252m on the empty interior of north Mainland Shetland, between Voe and Sullom Voe. A genuine off-the-map summit visited mostly by Marilyn baggers, with peat moor stretching in every direction.

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Cacra Hill rises to 471m above the Ettrick Water in remote Selkirkshire, set in the rolling sheep country southwest of Ettrick village (NT 31765 17327). The summit gives broad views across the Ettrick Forest toward Ettrick Pen and the Moffat hills.

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Cademuir Hill is a 415m ridge immediately south-west of Peebles in the Tweed valley (NT 24192 37690). The summit carries the substantial earthworks of an Iron Age hill fort with chevaux-de-frise stones, and offers fine views over Peebles and along Tweeddale toward the Manor Hills.

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Cairn Hill sits at 451m on the NS-grid moorlands between Muirkirk and Crawfordjohn, straddling the Lanarkshire-Ayrshire boundary. The Gaelic-rooted name marks its summit cairn, an obvious waypoint on otherwise rolling ground.

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A 182m Iron Age hillfort summit at NX 04 above Lochans south of Stranraer. Cairn Pat is the highest point of the southern Rhinns and was crowned by a substantial prehistoric fort whose ramparts still ring the top.

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A 593m flat-topped Marilyn at NS 72 east of Muirkirk, the high point of the Muirkirk Uplands. Cairn Table carries two large summit cairns — one a memorial to the Muirkirk dead of the Great War — and a wide tableland of heather.

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Cairn William rises to 448m within the Forestry & Land Scotland-managed Pitfichie Forest, the western outlier of the Bennachie group. Its mountain biking trails are well-known to riders, but walkers find a fine summit cairn with views across to Mither Tap.

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Cairn-mon-earn — the cairn of the iron — is a 378m heather hill above Stonehaven on the Aberdeenshire coast. A Bronze Age burial cairn caps the summit, and the rusty water of the springs below gave the hill its descriptive name. The east-facing flank looks out directly to the North Sea.

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A 456m coastal hill at NX 53 above Gatehouse of Fleet, with one of the finest Solway viewpoints in Galloway. Cairnharrow rises directly from the salt marshes and overlooks Wigtown Bay and the Cree estuary.

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Cairnie Hill is a modest 228m wooded ridge in north-east Fife between Cupar and Newburgh at NO27. Forestry plantation cloaks the lower flanks while the summit clearing offers views over the Howe of Fife and toward the Tay.

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Cairnkinna Hill reaches 554m on the NS-grid Nithsdale uplands north-west of Thornhill, an underused Dumfriesshire summit close to the Scaur Water. Its open aspect repays the walker with views over to Queensberry and the Lowthers.

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A 493m granite knoll at NX 58 east of Clatteringshaws Loch and known locally as the Black Craig of Dee. The summit is a clean tor of grey Galloway granite with the Cairnsmore of Carsphairn range filling the northern horizon.

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Caiteseal is a 449m gneiss summit on the south coast of the Pairc peninsula, rising abruptly from the cliffs above the Sound of Shiant. The southerly aspect gives extraordinary views across to the Shiant Isles and the basalt columns of Garbh Eilean.

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Calkin Rig reaches 451m on the watershed between Eskdalemuir and Lockerbie in Dumfriesshire (NY 28889 87621). A broad heathery ridge with forestry plantations on its lower flanks, the rig overlooks the White Esk to the east and the Milk Water to the west.

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Carleatheran is the highest point of the Gargunnock Hills, an extension of the Campsies in the NS 687 grid square south of the Forth valley. The 485m broad summit looks north across Stirling and the carse towards the southern Highlands.

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A 322m hill at NX 08 above Glen App on the boundary of South Ayrshire and Wigtownshire. Carlock looks south over the Galloway hills and west to the Firth of Clyde.

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Carn a' Bhodaich — the old man's cairn — rises to 501m at NH 569 374 between Beauly and Strathfarrar, on the hill ground above Aigas. The bodach name attaches to many Highland summits; here it crowns a rolling tract of forestry and heather between two famous glens.

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Carn a' Ghaill — Cairn of the Strangers — is the western summit of the Isle of Canna, sitting on the magnetic basalt that gives nearby Compass Hill its name. At 211m it is a modest top but the prominence above the surrounding cliffs makes it a true Marilyn with an outsized horizon.

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Known by both Carn a Ghobhair (the goats cairn) and Sgurr Eireagoraidh, this 548m hill stands above the south shore of Loch Morar between Bracorina and the head of the loch. The position over Britains deepest freshwater loch is exceptional.

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Carn an Fhidhleir Lorgaidh — the fiddler's cairn of Lorgaidh — is an 848m Marilyn in NN-square Atholl, deep in the remote Gaick pass between Glen Tromie and Glen Tilt. The summit is one of the most committing Marilyns in the central Highlands, with the empty plateaux of Tarf and Bynack stretching away in every direction.

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Carn Bad a Chreamha, the cairn of the wild garlic clump, is a 633m heather hill in the wide country between Glen Elchaig and the head of Loch Long near Killilan. The view extends east to the Five Sisters and west across Loch Long to Plockton.

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Carn Ban — the Pale Cairn — sits in the wild southeast corner of Mull above Loch Spelve, a low rolling summit at 248m more notable for solitude than altitude. The pale quartz-rich rock that gives the hill its name shows through the heather on the upper crown. From the top the view runs across Loch Buie and out to Lismore, with the high mass of Ben Buie filling the western skyline.

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Carn Breugach, the False Cairn, is the high point of the island of Kerrera off Oban at 189m. Combine it with the popular Kerrera circuit and you have one of the most enjoyable low-level days on the west coast.

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Stag's Cairn, the high point of the Glenlivet Estate moors south of Tomintoul. The summit sits at the heart of the Smugglers' Trail — the old illicit whisky route between Speyside and Strathdon — and gives one of the great views of Ben Avon and the eastern Cairngorms.

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Carn Dearg, the Red Cairn, is a 437m hill in the wild country between Lochs Awe and Avich. Its summit cairn sits on warm-toned schist that gives the hill its name.

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Carn Duchara is a remote 491m summit south-east of Kilmelford, deep in the inner Argyll wilds. The hill is genuinely lonely — you can easily walk a full day without seeing another soul.

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Carn Easgann Bana — cairn of the white eels — is a 779m Monadhliath top east of the Corrieyairack road, in genuinely lonely country between Strathspey and Stratherrick. The improbable name may refer to a freshwater spring on the eastern shoulder where pale eels were once seen.

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Carn Faire nan Con — the dog-watch cairn, where stalkers and their dogs once kept a lookout — rises to 370m at NH 395 591 on the Strathconon plateau above Loch Achilty. A modest height but the position gives a notable view over the lower Conon valley to the Black Isle.

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Carn Fiaclach — the toothed cairn — rises to 457m at NH 278 272 on the southern fringe of Strathconon. The name refers to the broken rocky teeth of crags that crown the summit, visible from the Orrin reservoir below.

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Carn Garbh — "rough cairn" — sits at 545m in the NC89 grid square between Strath Brora and Strath Fleet. A genuinely rough hill that earns its name from a chaos of broken sandstone on the upper slopes.

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Carn Ghaltair sits in the NL 640 grid square on the north-eastern shoulder of Barra, looking across the Sound of Barra towards Eriskay. The 207m top is the second Marilyn of the island after Heaval, and the name means simply 'cairn' in Gaelic.

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Carn Gorm-loch — cairn of the blue-green loch — is a serious 909m hill at NH 318 800 deep in the wilderness north of the Beinn Dearg Munros. It takes its name from the high mountain loch on its southern flank, set in a glacial bowl that holds ice into May most years.

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Carn Loch na Gobhlaig — the cairn of the forked loch — is a 716m heather summit in the empty country between Glen Strathfarrar and Glen Cannich. The lochan that gives the name sits in a hollow on the broad summit plateau.

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Carn na Dubh Choille — cairn of the dark wood — is a 480m rise at NH 387 673 between Strathconon and Strath Bran. The wood that gave it its name has long since gone, leaving open heather; the cairn on top is a substantial Bronze Age structure rather than a modern walker's pile.

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A 686m heather summit in the Cromdale and Hills of Cromdale group, looking south over Strathspey to the main Cairngorm escarpment. The Gaelic name is generally rendered as cairn of the muster, hinting at gatherings of clansmen here before the 1745 Battle of Cromdale.

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A 548m Strathspey moorland summit between Tomintoul and Grantown, in the rolling country between the Cairngorms and Moray Firth. Carn na Loines name probably derives from the loine grass that dominates parts of its summit plateau. The hill is criss-crossed by old peat-cutting tracks.

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Carn nam Bad — cairn of the clumps or tufts — rises to 458m at NH 401 339 in the rolling country between Strathconon and Glen Orrin. The Gaelic bad denotes tussocky thickets, and that is exactly what dresses the lower hillside.

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Carn nan Iomairean — the cairn of the ridges — stands at 485m at NG 914 351 above Killilan at the head of Loch Long. The Gaelic name fits the corrugated profile of small parallel ridges that ripple across its broad summit area.

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Carnan is the highest point of Vatersay, the small inhabited island just south of Barra, reached by causeway across the narrow sound. The NL 553 grid square sits among machair, shell-sand beaches and gneiss knolls, and the 273m summit feels considerably airier than its modest height suggests.

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Ceapabhal is the rugged 368m mountain at the tip of the Toe Head peninsula in west Harris, almost an island in itself. It is regarded by many as the finest short hill in the Hebrides, dropping straight to the sea on three sides with St Kilda visible on a clear day.

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Cearnabhal is a 378m gneiss top in the northern Pairc, perched above Loch Erisort with views across to the long sweep of east Lewis. Its name suggests an old fortified or favoured place — the summit certainly has a watchful, commanding feel.

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Ceartabhal stands in the wild empty quarter of west Harris, a quiet 557m peak among the chain of hills behind Husinish. The summit looks out to St Kilda on clear days and over the bays of Scarp to the Atlantic.

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Cipeagal Bheag — the little Cipeagal — is a 336m gneiss top on the south coast of the Pairc peninsula, paired with the higher Cipeagal Mor across a narrow bealach. Despite the name it has more prominence than its neighbour and qualifies as a Marilyn in its own right.

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Cnoc a' Bhaid-rallaich — knoll of the turbulent clump — is a 281m bump at NC 968 652 in the Flow Country of east Caithness, between Loch More and the Forsinard reserves. The contour rings barely register on the map, yet the prominence is enough to qualify it as a Marilyn in some of the flattest hill country in mainland Britain.

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Cnoc a' Bhaile-shios, the Knoll of the Lower Township, occupies the rolling moorland of central Kintyre at 422m. Despite the modest height, the lack of competing summits gives it a horizon all its own.

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Cnoc an Daimh Mor — "hillock of the big stag" — is a 357m heathery knoll in the NC53 grid square between Loch Loyal and Loch Meadie. The name comes from generations of stalking lore.

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Cnoc an Ime — the Hill of Butter — is a quiet 303m Marilyn in southern Knapdale. The name hints at the rich grazing of these slopes. Sea views to the Sound of Jura crown the modest summit.

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Cnoc an Liath-bhaid Mhoir — "knoll of the big grey clump" — is a 434m heathery rise in the NC75 grid square inland from Loch Naver, near the abandoned settlements of Strath Naver.

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This first Cnoc an t-Sabhail — knoll of the barn — stands 380m at NH 694 786 on the high ground above Edderton. The name is common in northern Scotland and reflects a flat-topped profile resembling a hay barn. It is the higher of two Sutherland hills sharing this name.

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This second Cnoc an t-Sabhail — knoll of the barn — stands 322m at NH 721 817 on the moor above the Dornoch Firth, the lower of two Sutherland hills sharing the name. The flat-topped profile is unmistakable from the A9 south of Tain.

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Cnoc Ceislein — knoll of the tangled place — is a 523m hill at NH 589 706 north of Strath Rusdale in Easter Ross. The Gaelic name describes the dense entangled birch scrub and bog myrtle that historically covered its lower slopes; much has been cleared but remnants still survive.

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Cnoc Corr Guinie — knoll of the wounded corner — is a 396m hill at NH 671 754 on the edge of the Kildermorie deer forest above the Cromarty Firth. The unusual Gaelic name may refer to a historic battle site or to a deer wounded and tracked across this corner of the estate.

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Cnoc Damh — knoll of the stag — is a 588m hill at NH 270 962 above Strath Oykel, midway between Oykel Bridge and Rosehall. The hill has been deer ground for centuries and the name reflects the rutting bellows that echo round its corrie every October.

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Cnoc Fraing translates roughly as the French hillock, an oddly cosmopolitan name for a 745m bulge of peat-hag and heather lost in the eastern Monadhliath above Strathdearn. It sits west of the A9 between Tomatin and Slochd, its summit a quiet vantage over the Findhorn headwaters and the empty country running south to the Cairngorms.

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Cnoc Glas — the 'grey-green knoll' — is the high point of Soay, the western island of the St Kilda archipelago, in the NA 062 grid square. The 379m peak overlooks Hirta from across a narrow sea strait and is home to the primitive Soay sheep that give the island its name.

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Cnoc Mor — the big knoll — rises modestly to 269m at NH 490 569 above the Black Isle, looking north-west to the Cromarty Firth. The Gaelic name is common but appropriate here — the hill stands clear of its low surroundings and its prominence is what qualifies it as a Marilyn.

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Cnoc Moy is the broad 446m moorland summit near the Mull of Kintyre, looking out toward Ireland and Rathlin Island. The ascent rewards the long drive south with a remarkable sense of edge-of-the-world isolation.

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Cnoc na Maoile — "knoll of the bare patch" — stands at 401m in the ND00 grid square inland from Helmsdale, a low hill at the edge of the Caithness Flow Country.

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Cnoc na Stroine rises directly above the village of Inchnadamph at the head of Loch Assynt, on the limestone-and-quartzite frontier that defines the Assynt geopark. The NC 25 12 location places the summit between the Traligill caves and the Inchnadamph nature reserve, with Conival looming to the north.

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Cnoc nam Broighleag — the Knoll of the Blaeberries — is a 314m Marilyn on the Cowal peninsula, where carpets of blaeberry plants give the late-summer slopes a faintly purple tinge.

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Cnoc nan Cuilean — "hillock of the whelps" — is a 558m heathery shoulder in the NC59 square, looming above the deer-stalking forest of Loch Loyal. It anchors the southern end of the Ben Loyal massif.

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Cnoc Reamhar — the Fat Knoll — is a broad 266m forested hill in Knapdale north of Tarbert. From the open patches near its top, walkers look across to the Sound of Bute and the Cowal hills.

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Coiliochbhar Hill rises to 533m above the upper Don valley, a quiet rolling whaleback flanked by working forestry plantation and heather moor. Reasonable prominence and a remote feel make it a more interesting outing than its modest stature suggests.

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Coirc Bheinn — the Cauldron Hill — rises 561m south of Loch na Keal on the southern edge of Mull's Ben More massif. Its slopes drop into a fine corrie on the north side and give one of the best low-angle views straight up at Ben More's east ridge.

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A 598m heather hill at NX 69 north-east of Carsphairn on the watershed between the Doon and the Ken. Colt Hill sits on the rolling ridges of the Glenkens with the Cairnsmore of Carsphairn group filling the southern view.

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Coltraiseal Mor stands above Glen Valtos in west Lewis, a craggy 228m gneiss hill overlooking the dramatic Uig coastline. The summit gives a fine outlook over Mealasta, the Atlantic skerries and the higher peaks of Mealisval and Tahabhal inland.

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Common Hill stands at NS79 east of Muirkirk on the Ayrshire–Lanarkshire boundary, a 488m moorland top above the headwaters of the River Ayr. A featureless heather dome on the Southern Upland Way corridor.

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Conachair, in the NA 099 grid square at the heart of Hirta, is the highest point of the St Kilda archipelago at 430m. The summit perches above the highest sea cliffs in Britain, which fall an unbroken 427m to the Atlantic on the north side.

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Conic Hill is the iconic 361m cone above Balmaha on the east shore of Loch Lomond, at NS 432 923. It is the most-walked Marilyn in Scotland: the West Highland Way crosses its eastern shoulder, and the line of crags that drops to the loch defines the Highland Boundary Fault. The summit view aligns perfectly with the chain of fault-line islands — Inchcailloch, Torrinch, Creinch and Inchmurrin.

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Conostom rises behind Uig in west Lewis, a quiet 256m bog-and-rock dome with a 150m prominence that earns it Marilyn status. The summit cairn looks across to the Uig hills and the Atlantic horizon beyond Mealasta.

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Known either as Coraddie or Beinn Bhreac, this 519m Cowal Marilyn sits east of Loch Striven. The two names reflect overlapping local usage; on the ground it is the broad-shouldered moor north of Ardyne Point.

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Corra Bheinn is the highest non-Paps Marilyn on Jura, reaching 575m on the central spine of the island. Quartzite scree and tussocky moorland give it a distinctly rough character, with the iconic Paps as a constant backdrop.

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Corse Hill sits in the high moorland of Eaglesham Moor at NS59, the 376m highest point of Whitelee Wind Farm — the largest onshore wind farm in the UK. A short walk through the turbines to the trig.

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Cracabhal stands at 514m in the cluster of Uig hills south of Mealaisbhal, its broad summit ridge holding lochans even in dry summers. The hill's south flank falls towards the empty country around Loch Hamnaway, one of the loneliest inland views in Britain.

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A craggy 634m hill on the north side of upper Deeside, overlooking Braemar. The southern face drops in granite slabs and screes towards the river, while the northern slopes melt into the long sweep of the Invercauld estate. A favourite winter scramble for climbers based at Braemar.

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Craig of Monievreckie is the rocky 400m bluff at the western end of the Menteith Hills above the Lake of Menteith at NN 546 019. The hill is one of the southernmost true Trossachs Marilyns and falls in dramatic crags on its southern face. From the cairn the Lake — Scotland's only "lake" — lies directly below, with the Highland Boundary running east-west across the view.

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The Rock of Oaks, the wooded hill rising abruptly behind Ballater on Royal Deeside. Although only 402m, this little granite knoll is cloaked in one of the best surviving native sessile oakwoods in the eastern Highlands — a place of stunning autumn colour.

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A 565m heather Marilyn at NX 33 north-east of Barrhill, sitting between the forests of Carrick and the wilds of the Stinchar valley. Craigenreoch holds 150m+ of clear prominence and surveys the Galloway Hills from a quieter angle.

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A 531m granite top at NX 46 above the south end of Loch Doon, sitting on the western edge of the Galloway Forest. This Craiglee gives a quick ramble onto open hill with the Awful Hand ridge filling the eastern view.

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The northern Craiglee, a 523m heather top at NX 47 above the Water of Girvan east of Straiton. This is the lonelier of the two Galloway Craiglees, with views over Loch Bradan and the headwaters of the Stinchar.

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Craiglich is a 476m heather hill just north of Aboyne, easily-reached but surprisingly little-walked. Forest plantation cloaks the lower slopes while the upper hill is open moor with a broad outlook across Deeside to the eastern Cairngorms.

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A 477m heather hill at NX 51 west of Clatteringshaws Loch, set among the rolling granite uplands of the Galloway Forest. Craignell looks across Loch Dee to the Awful Hand ridge.

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Craigowl Hill is the highest of the Sidlaws, its 455m summit and cluster of communication masts a landmark on the skyline north of Dundee at NO37. The pull from Balkello Community Woodland is the standard line.

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Creach Bheinn — the Hill of Spoil — is the high point of Mull's Ardmeanach peninsula at 491m, presiding over the Burg cliffs and MacCulloch's Fossil Tree. The summit looks straight out at the Treshnish Isles and across the Sound to Coll and Tiree.

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Creachan Dubh — the Little Black Stack — is a 470m Marilyn marooned in the forests and lochans of Knapdale. The hill rewards walkers who tolerate wet feet with profound silence and views over a tangled Argyll seascape.

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Creachan Mor stands 331m on the Ross of Mull granite, the high point of the peninsula's rolling moor. Unlike the basalt north of the island, this is pink granite country — pink boulders, pale grasses, and a long western horizon out to Iona and the Atlantic.

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Creag a Chliabhain — the crag of the wicker creel — is a 519m heather summit in the Stratherrick uplands above the head of Loch Mhor. It is one of a cluster of broad Monadhliath outliers that fill the country between Whitebridge and Garrogie Lodge.

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Creag a' Ghobhair — "the goat's crag" — is a 345m hill in the NH65 grid square close to Bonar Bridge. The name suggests historic goat herding on its rocky flank.

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Creag an Amalaidh — sometimes anglicised as Ord Hill — rises directly above the village of Skelbo and the tidal flats of Loch Fleet, just inland from Dornoch. The NH grid puts it on the south Sutherland coast where Old Red Sandstone meets ancient gneiss, giving the hill its characteristic forested flanks and bare upper crag.

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Creag an t-Sithein — the fairy crag — is a 634m Marilyn in NO-square Perthshire, set on the moorland between Strath Tummel and Strath Tay north of Aberfeldy. The summit looks south to the wooded ridge of Farragon and east toward the Tay falling away to Grandtully.

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Creag Bhan, the pale crag, is a 510m gneiss knoll in central Moidart between Loch Moidart and Glenuig. The exposed Lewisian gneiss faces give the hill its name, weathering to a pale grey-white in dry weather.

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Creag Bheag, the little crag, is the rocky knoll that overlooks Kingussie from the north-west. At 487m it is the easternmost Marilyn of the Monadhliath and a justifiably popular half-day from the town, with a long view across Strathspey to the Cairngorms.

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Creag Dhubh, the black crag, stands at 539m at NH 225 216 on the watershed between Glen Cannich and Glen Affric. Dark schist outcrops on its eastern face give the hill its name; the western slopes are gentler and grassier.

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The "little black crag" sits at 472m in the NC47 grid square, a quiet neighbour of Creag Dhubh Mhor on the western side of the Cassley watershed. Twin Marilyns rarely come paired this neatly.

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Creag Dhubh Mhor, the "big black crag", rises to 553m in the NC45 square above Loch More and the Reay Forest. Dark Lewisian outcrops define its character. A 553 m top in the North-West Highlands.

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Creag Ghiubhais — pine crag — is a 486m wooded knoll on the north shore of the Dee opposite Ballater. The summit holds remnants of the great Mar pinewood, and a path winds among gnarled trees with views down over the river. A favourite afternoon outing for visitors staying in Royal Deeside.

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Grey Crag of Laggan, with the alternative name Fionn Bhealach (Fair Pass), a 444m granite top above Lochranza on the northern tip of Arran. The position above the ferry slip and the Cock of Arran gives unusual views of the Mull of Kintyre and the Sannox skyline.

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Creag Loch nan Dearcag — crag of the loch of the little berries — reaches 537m at NH 333 567 between Strathconon and Strathgarve. A small lochan on the eastern shoulder gives the hill its name, with crowberry and blaeberry thick on the surrounding ground in late summer.

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Creag Loisgte — the burnt crag — is a 415m hill at NH 367 957 in the heather moors north of Lairg. The Gaelic name reflects the dark, fire-scorched appearance of the summit cliff, where lichen and heather give the rock a charred look in low sun.

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This Creag Mhor reaches 407m at NG 903 315 above Glen Udalain, between Stromeferry and the head of Loch Long. A common name in Gaelic — big crag — but this particular hill stands distinct on its small craggy plateau north of the Achmore road.

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Creag na Criche — the crag of the boundary — rises to 456m on the watershed between Strath Braan and Glen Quaich in NN-square Perthshire. It sits north-east of Amulree above the upper River Braan, with the Sma' Glen falling away to the south. Despite the modest altitude, the summit cairn looks out across the Lawers range and over the rolling moors towards Schiehallion.

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Creag na Doire Duibhe — the crag of the dark grove — is a 571m Marilyn in NN-square Badenoch, lying west of Dalwhinnie on the rolling ground east of Loch Pattack. The summit looks across to the gateway of the Bealach Dubh and the eastern Munros of the Ben Alder massif.

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Creag nam Fiadh — "deer crag" — is a 387m hill in the NC84 grid square between the upper Helmsdale and Strath Brora. True to its name, red deer are seldom out of sight here.

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Creag nam Mial — crag of the wild animals — is a 561m hill on the southern fringe of the Tummel basin north of Dunkeld. Its slopes carry the remnants of native birch and rowan, with rocky bluffs giving the summit a more rugged character than its modest height suggests.

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Creag nan Clag — the crag of the bells, an old reference to the parish church below — stands at 407m on the northern lip of the Monadhliath above Farr and Inverarnie. Despite the modest height it is a real summit with a panoramic outlook over the Beauly Firth to the Black Isle.

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Creag Riabhach — the brindled crag — rises to 485m at NC 278 637 on the Cape Wrath peninsula north of Loch Eriboll. The Gaelic refers to alternating bands of pale quartzite and dark gneiss that streak the summit crag — a striped pattern visible from the road to Durness.

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Creag Scalabsdale is a sandstone-fronted 555m hill in the NC97 square just inside the Sutherland-Caithness border, set above the upper Scalabsdale Burn. It looks east across Strath Ullie to Morven.

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Creag Thoraraidh is a 404m sandstone bluff in the ND04 grid square just north of Helmsdale, offering a fine prospect over the Caithness coast and the Ord. A 404.5 m top in the North-West Highlands.

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Creag Toll a' Choin reaches 1005m at NH 130 453 on the long ridge running west from Strathconon toward Glen Carron. The crag of the dog's hollow — Toll a' Choin sits below the eastern face, and the whole hill carries Corbett status.

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Creigh Hill rises to 498m above the village of Kirriemuir, marking the southern edge of the Braes of Angus. Although low, it is a striking outlier with views directly onto the bigger hills of Glen Clova and Glen Prosen behind, and JM Barries Strathmore birthplace visible to the south.

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Criffel is the unmistakable NX-grid landmark above the Solway, rising to 569m directly behind New Abbey and dominating the Nithsdale coastline. On a clear day the summit cairn looks across to Skiddaw and the northern Lake District fells.

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A neglected 554m moorland top above Glen Shee, set behind the better-known Cairnwell pass hills. Crock takes its name from the Gaelic for an earthenware pot, possibly a reference to the deep hollow on its eastern flank. Quiet even on summer weekends.

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Big Crogary is a 180m hill set in the rolling moorland of central North Uist, just north of Lochmaddy. It feels far bigger than its height suggests, thanks to clear views over Loch nam Madadh and out to the eastern hills.

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Crogary na Hoe sits on the eastern peninsula of North Uist, a low 154m hill above the inlets and skerries of Loch Eport. It is a quietly evocative summit pointing east towards Skye and the Cuillin.

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Cruach an Lochain, the Stack of the Lochan, takes its name from the small mountain tarn cradled below its 508m summit in the Cowal hinterland. Few walkers pass this way, giving the hill an air of remote solitude.

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Cruach Bhuidhe, the Yellow Stack, is a 568m Cowal summit between Loch Goil and Loch Long. The yellow tinge of the late-summer hill grass gives the name and the rocky top makes a fine viewpoint over the Arrochar Alps.

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Cruach Doir an Raoigh — the stack of the bracken grove — is a 292m coastal Marilyn on the south shore of Loch Moidart between Kinlochmoidart and Acharacle. Modest in height but with the open sea-loch view that makes Moidart so distinctive.

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Cruach Lerags is the modest 252m high point of the rolling country between Oban and Kilninver. The ascent is brief but the panorama, from Mull right round to Cruachan, rewards visitors out of all proportion to the effort.

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Cruach Lusach is a 466m wooded hill in mid-Argyll between Loch Awe and Loch Fyne. The Gaelic name suggests a herb-rich top and the surrounding Knapdale forests are renowned for their Atlantic oak fragments.

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Cruach Mhor — the Big Stack — is a 589m hill west of Loch Eck, surrounded by the Argyll Forest Park. Forestry covers much of its flanks, but the bare summit dome gives a sudden burst of views over Cowal.

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Cruach na Seilcheig is the 380m Stack of the Snail, an obscure Marilyn hidden in the forested country between Loch Avich and Loch Melfort. The name suggests slow, deliberate progress is the order of the day.

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Cruach na Seilcheig — the Stack of the Snails — is a 304m Marilyn near the mouth of Loch Craignish in inner Argyll. The summit looks south over the Sound of Jura and the famous Corryvreckan strait.

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Cruach nam Fearna, the Stack of the Alders, is a 332m hill in remote country east of Loch Craignish in mid-Argyll. Alder thickets line the lower burns and give the hill its descriptive name.

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Cruach nan Caorach, the Stack of the Sheep, is a 458m Marilyn in central Knapdale. The summit gives a fine panorama across forested hill country toward Loch Caolisport and the distant Paps of Jura.

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Cruach nan Cuilean — the Stack of the Whelps — is a 432m hill above Loch Fyne in inner Argyll. The summit looks down across the loch toward the larger peaks of Cowal, with the Arrochar Alps lining the horizon to the north.

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Cruach Scarba, at 450m, is the high point of the small uninhabited island of Scarba, north of Jura across the famous Corryvreckan tidal race. The summit gives one of the most dramatic seaward views in Scotland — open ocean, islands, and the whirlpool itself below.

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Cruach Tairbeirt — the isthmus stack — rises to 415m above Arrochar at NN 312 058, between Loch Long and Loch Lomond on the narrow neck of land that gives Tarbet its name. Vikings reputedly dragged longships across this isthmus in 1263. The summit looks straight across to the Cobbler and along Loch Long towards the Clyde.

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Cruach Torr an Lochain — the Stack of the Lochan Mound — is a 347m hill north of Loch Ba on Mull, hidden between the Salen road and the foot of Beinn Talaidh. Its name comes from the small lochan tucked just below the summit, a quiet pool that catches the reflection of the Ben More group.

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Cruachan Charna is the high point of Carna, a small uninhabited island lying in Loch Sunart. At just 170m it ranks among Scotland's most logistically interesting Marilyns — you need a boat to reach it.

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Cruachan Min — the Smooth Stack — is a 376m hill on the southern fringe of Mull's Ardmeanach peninsula, set above the Burg cliffs. The summit, true to its name, is a rounded grassy crown, sharply different from the basalt steps that drop into Loch Scridain.

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Cruachan-Glen Vic Askill sits between Loch Bracadale and Loch Snizort in central Skye, on the moorland above the small Glen Vic Askill from which it takes its name. The NG 35 46 grid puts it just north of Bracadale, with an unusually open outlook in all directions for so modest a summit.

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Cruban Beag — the small hump — is a 590m Marilyn in NN-square Badenoch, sitting on the moorland between Glen Truim and the upper River Spey south-west of Newtonmore. The summit gives wide views across to the Monadhliath and east into the Drumochter pass with the A9 threading along its base.

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Cruim Leacainn — the curved hillside — is a 231m Marilyn in NN-square Lochaber, set on the west side of the Great Glen between Gairlochy and Invergloy a little north of Spean Bridge. Despite its very modest height the summit gives a fine vantage over Loch Lochy and the Commando Memorial.

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Cuilags is the northern Marilyn of Hoy, a sharp-edged sandstone hill that rises straight from the shore of Hoy Sound. Its 435m summit is separated from Ward Hill by a deep glen and gives some of the finest views of any Orcadian top.

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Da Noup is the southern summit of Foula, the remote Atlantic island that sits twenty miles west of the Shetland Mainland. At 248m it shares the island with the higher Hamnafield and Da Kame, all of them surrounded by some of the highest sea cliffs in Britain.

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Da Sneug is the highest point of Foula, the remote inhabited island lying 20 miles west of Shetland Mainland. At 418m it rises in dramatic sea cliffs above the Atlantic — among the highest in Britain — and the experience of walking it feels closer to a sub-Arctic expedition than a hillwalk.

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Deadh Choimhead — the Good Lookout — is a 383m Marilyn between Lochs Awe and Avich. The name reflects its role as a panoramic point over the mid-Argyll lochs and forests.

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A 543m hill in the Yarrow valley above Deuchar farm, between St Mary's Loch and the Yarrow Water. The position gives long views down the Yarrow toward Selkirk. A 543 m top in the Borders.

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A pleasing 511m wooded summit rising directly behind Dunkeld, with the Tay valley spreading out below and Highland ridges crowding the northern horizon. Despite proximity to the A9, this is genuinely quiet country with deer, red squirrels and occasional capercaillie in the surrounding pinewoods.

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Dirrington Great Law, 399m, is the conical landmark north of Greenlaw in the NT-prefix eastern Lammermuir fringe. Together with its lesser twin it forms a pair of unmistakeable cones on the Berwickshire skyline.

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Doire Ban — the fair-coloured grove — is a 566m Marilyn in NN-square Lochaber, set on the steep ground above the south shore of Loch Arkaig west of Achnacarry. The summit looks down into the wooded narrows of Mile Dorcha (the Dark Mile) and across to the Locheil Forest on the far side of the loch.

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Druim a Chuirn, the ridge of the cairn, is a 584m heather hill in the Rough Bounds country between Loch Eilt and Loch Beoraid, west of Glenfinnan. It is a fine viewpoint for the inner sea lochs and the western edge of Knoydart.

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Druim Fada — the Long Ridge — runs east-west above Loch Spelve on the south-east tip of Mull. At 405m it is modest but the ridge form gives an unusually sustained skyline and one of the best views to Ben More from any low-level hill on the island.

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Druim Garbh — the Rough Ridge — is one of the larger Corbett-sized Marilyns of central Ardgour, a long undulating ridge culminating at 803m well back from any road. It is rarely climbed in its own right, often combined with neighbouring Corbetts. The reward for the long walk in is a wonderful sense of empty country, with views deep into the Rough Bounds.

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Druim Leathad nam Fias — the Broad Ridge of the Stripes — is an east Ardgour hill rising directly above the Cona Glen, its 576m summit a quiet outlier between bigger neighbours. Long pale grass stripes on its flanks give the hill its Gaelic name. The view to Garbh Bheinn from the top is one of the most dramatic in the area.

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Druim na Cluain-airighe — the ridge of the shieling meadow — is a 517m hill on the western tip of the Knoydart peninsula, looking out across the Sound of Sleat to Skye. The position is everything: low altitude, but a horizon that spans the inner Hebrides.

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Druim na h-Earba — the ridge of the roe deer — is a 287m Marilyn in NN-square Lochaber, occupying the wooded peninsula between Loch Lochy and the lower end of Loch Arkaig at the Eas Chia-aig falls. The low summit looks east up the Great Glen and west into the timbered defile of the Dark Mile.

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Drumcroy Hill is a 512m Marilyn in NN-square Perthshire, set on the broad ground above Calvine where Glen Garry meets the Pass of Drumochter. The summit looks south across the River Garry to the village of Struan and north into the lower reaches of the Drumochter Munros.

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Drummond Hill rises to 460m between Kenmore and Fortingall above the foot of Loch Tay at NN 749 454. It was one of the first commercial forestry plantations in Scotland, planted from 1738 by the Duke of Atholl. The Black Rock viewpoint near the summit gives a celebrated view of Kenmore and the whole length of Loch Tay.

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Dubh Bheinn — the Black Hill — rises to 485m on northern Jura. The dark, almost peat-stained rocks above tussocky moorland justify the name. Few visitors, no path, big sea views to Scarba and Mull.

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Dumglow is the highest of the Cleish Hills west of Loch Leven, a 379m basalt knoll at NT07 with the remains of an Iron Age fort on its summit. The view ranges from the Lomonds across to Ben Cleuch and back over Kinross.

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Dumyat is the western sentinel of the Ochils, rearing above Stirling University and the Wallace Monument at NS83. The 419m summit with its fort earthworks looks straight down the Forth valley to Stirling Castle.

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Dun Caan is the unmistakable flat-topped volcanic plug at the heart of the Isle of Raasay, famous as the spot where Boswell danced a Highland fling in 1773. The NG 57 39 grid puts the summit on an island reached by short ferry crossing from Sconser on Skye, with views encompassing the Cuillin, Trotternish and the Applecross hills.

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Dun Coillich is a 572m hill on the south side of Strath Tummel, at NN 762 536, owned and managed by the local Highland Perthshire community since 2002. The summit, marked by a cairn on a small rocky knoll, looks north across Loch Tummel to the Schiehallion ridge and south down toward Aberfeldy.

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Dun Leacainn — the Fort of the Flat Slope — is a 360m hill rising directly above Furnace on Loch Fyne. The rocky knot at its summit gives a sudden view down the loch toward Inveraray.

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Duncolm is the highest of the Kilpatrick Hills above the Clyde at NS47, a 401m basalt summit overlooking Old Kilpatrick, Bowling and the river. Reservoirs dot the moor and views stretch to Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond.

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Dungavel Hill rises at NS94 above the village of Coalburn in South Lanarkshire, a 510m moorland summit overlooking the Douglas valley and the M74 corridor. The wind farms dotting its flanks underline its position on a windswept high plateau.

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Eaval is the highest point of North Uist, rising as an unmistakable pyramid from a near-flat watery landscape. At 347m it gives one of the most striking summit views in the Outer Hebrides — a bewildering jigsaw of lochs.

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Earl's Seat is the highest point of the Campsie Fells, the basalt plateau rising north of Glasgow in the NS 569 grid square. The 578m summit caps a broad rolling plateau that despite its modest elevation has a real moorland feel, with views from the Highland Boundary fault south to the Clyde.

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Easaval is the modest 242m high point overlooking the southern tip of South Uist near Pollachar. Its summit is a fine vantage for Eriskay, the Sound of Barra and the long beaches of the south coast.

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East Cairn Hill sits at the south-western end of the Pentland chain at 567m, in the NT-prefix block above the Cauldstane Slap drove road. A big summit cairn marks the top and the prominence gives wide views over West Lothian and the upper Clyde basin.

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East Lomond is the eastern peak of the Lomond Hills above Falkland in Fife, a conical 448m volcanic plug crowned by an Iron Age fort. Visible from across the Forth, it sits at NO24 above the village of Falkland and the Falkland Estate.

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Eildon Mid Hill is the highest of the three iconic Eildon Hills above Melrose, rising to 422m (NT 54822 32288). The Eildons are perhaps the most photographed hills in the Borders, a volcanic trio overlooking the Tweed with an Iron Age fort and Roman signal station on the summit.

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Seaforth Island is the high point of an uninhabited island in Loch Seaforth, the sea loch dividing Lewis from Harris. Reaching its 217m summit is one of the harder Marilyn challenges in Scotland because it requires a private boat crossing.

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A 537m hill above Teviothead, close to the head of the Teviot Water. Surrounded by extensive forestry plantations but with open moorland on the summit dome. Reaches 537 m in the Borders.

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Enoch Hill sits at 569m on the NS-square moorlands above Loch Doon, an East Ayrshire summit on the fringe of the Galloway Hills. Its setting between reservoir and wind farm gives an otherwise quiet hill an unusual character.

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Faan Hill rises from the interior of Northmavine, the rugged north-western limb of the Shetland Mainland. The 171m summit looks south over Sullom Voe and north towards the cliffs of Ronas Voe; for a small hill it has a remarkably wide outlook.

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A 514m hill on the Scotland-England border above the upper Liddel Water and Wauchope Forest. Remote moorland country with the Anglo-Scottish boundary running close to the summit. Reaches 514.6 m in the Borders.

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Farrmheall — possibly far hill from the old Norse — stands 521m at NC 308 587 on the Cape Wrath peninsula east of Durness. It is one of the remotest of all the Sutherland Marilyns, sitting in the deserted ground between the Kyle of Durness and Loch Eriboll.

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Fashven — a Norse-derived name meaning something like fish hill — stands 460m at NC 313 675 on the Cape Wrath peninsula, midway between Cape Wrath itself and Loch Eriboll. The hill looks west to the lighthouse and east to Whiten Head — full-coast views of the most rugged shoreline in mainland Britain.

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A 501m grassy summit on the south side of the Yarrow Water near Yarrowford, lying south of the Southern Upland Way ridge between Minch Moor and Broomy Law. Views into the Ettrick Forest beyond.

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Feinne-bheinn Mhor — "big Fingal's hill" — is a 465m whaleback in the NC43 square between Loch Hope and Loch Loyal. Its name links it to the mythical warrior Fingal said to have hunted these moors.

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Feiriosbhal is a 327m gneiss summit above the Eishken estate on the east side of the Pairc, looking out over Loch Sealg and the open Minch. Its low height masks a steep, almost conical north face.

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Fell Hill caps a 417m moor on the NX-grid plateau between St Johns Town of Dalry and the Water of Ken, a low Stewartry summit with a wide horizon. Its understated profile suits walkers seeking solitude over drama.

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A 470m moorland Marilyn at NX 56 west of Clatteringshaws, holding the Cairnsmore of Fleet group together with Meikle Mulltaggart. Wide views open south to Wigtown Bay from the summit cairn.

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Fitful Head is a dramatic 283m sea-cliff headland on the southern tip of Shetland Mainland, the prominent western flank of the great bay of Quendale. Its name fits the place — winds and weather change in moments here, and the cliffs plunge nearly 300m to the Atlantic.

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Fitty Hill is the highest point on Westray, the green northern island of the Orkney archipelago. Reaching only 169m it has enough prominence to dominate the island skyline, with cliff coasts, Atlantic surf and seabird colonies wrapped around its base.

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Forsnabhal stands above the cliffs near Mangersta on the far west coast of Lewis. At 205m it is a slight hill but its position on a magnificent Atlantic shoreline gives huge views down to Mealasta Island and the sea stacks beyond.

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A modest 344m heather hill rising above the rolling farmland between Huntly and the Moray Firth coast at Cullen. The top sports a war memorial and gives a wonderfully open horizon over Strathisla and the firth — one of the quieter viewpoints in this part of Banffshire.

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Ghlas-bheinn — the grey-green hill — is a 333m summit at NC 332 614 on the Cape Wrath peninsula east of Loch Eriboll. The Gaelic refers to the pale grey-green colour of its moss and lichen-covered summit slabs, distinct from the heather brown of the surrounding moor.

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Giur-bheinn is a 317m Marilyn rising from the moorland core of northern Islay, set amid lochan-pocked moorland. The summit gives a fine all-round view of the island, with Jura and Colonsay visible across the sea.

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Glas Bheinn — the grey-green hill — at 502m sits between Glen Etive and Glen Kinglass at NN 326 473, a quiet sentinel north of Loch Etive. Its bare schist summit ridges contrast with the wet flushes on the lower flanks. The view from the cairn takes in Ben Cruachan to the south and the Glen Etive Munros to the north.

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Glas Bheinn — the grey-green hill, one of many of the name — is a 397m summit on the Glenelg peninsula above Loch Alsh. It looks straight across the kyle to the Skye bridge and gives a remarkable view of the south Skye Cuillin in clear weather.

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Glas Bheinn — the Grey-Green Hill — sits at 562m on southern Jura just inland from the Sound of Islay. Quartzite slabs catch the light from miles away, lending the hill a paler, almost alpine look amid the heather wilderness.

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Glas Bheinn on Islay is the close neighbour of Beinn Bheigier — a 472m hill on the same wild eastern moorland. Its limestone-influenced geology gives surprisingly green, drained turf in contrast to the boggy approach.

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Glas Bheinn Mhor rises east of Loch Slapin on the Strathaird peninsula, a 569m grey-green dome looking straight across to Bla Bheinn and the Black Cuillin. The walk is a quiet alternative to the Cuillin crowds.

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Glas Mheall Mor — the big grey lump — is an 829m Marilyn in NN-square Perthshire, sitting above Loch Errochty between Trinafour and the southern end of the Drumochter pass. The summit gives a wide vista south over Strath Tummel to Schiehallion and west to the Ben Alder hills.

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Gometra is the high point of the small tidal island of the same name, joined to Ulva by a footbridge and lying off the west coast of Mull. The 155m summit is grassy and rounded, but the position is wonderful — open Atlantic on three sides, with Staffa, Lunga and the Treshnish Isles laid out below. Reaching it requires two boat crossings and a long walk in across Ulva.

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Gormol rises to 470m above the Eishken estate on the eastern flank of the Pairc peninsula, a rugged gneiss prow overlooking Loch Sealg and the open Minch. Its position close to the road makes it one of the more accessible Pairc Marilyns.

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Goseland Hill reaches 435m in the Upper Tweed country of Lanarkshire near Biggar (NT 07115 35104), close to the Tweed-Clyde watershed. The rounded grassy summit gives wide views across the Pentlands, Tinto and the Broughton Heights.

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Grange Fell is a modest but well-defined 319m hill above Lockerbie in Dumfriesshire (NY 24403 81926), set in the rolling countryside between the Milk Water and Dryfe Water. A heather-clad top giving views over Annandale and toward the Lowther Hills.

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Sitting between Loch Langabhat and the wild South Harris coastline, Greabhal is a quietly satisfying 280m top crowned with rocky knolls. The view stretches across the Sound of Harris to North Uist and the scattered isles of the channel.

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A 599m summit on the watershed above the Borthwick Water, the highest ground between Teviotdale and Liddesdale. Quiet hill country with sweeping views toward the Cheviots, Eildon Hills and the upper Teviot valley.

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Green Hill rises to 588m on the NS-square upland above the Nethan Water, an unobtrusive South Lanarkshire summit east of Lesmahagow. Its prominence puts it firmly on the Marilyn list despite a low-key profile.

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A 297m Carrick coastal hill at NX 16 east of Girvan above the Water of Lendal. Grey Hill gives a quick climb to a fine viewpoint over the Firth of Clyde, with Ailsa Craig dominant on the southern horizon.

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Griomabhal is the southernmost of the Uig Marilyns, a 497m fortress of gneiss looking out over the wild moor between Loch Hamnaway and the Atlantic. Despite its modest height it has more than 400m of prominence — one of the most isolated summits in west Lewis.

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Guaineamol is a 405m gneiss summit close to Muaitheabhal in the Pairc forest, its rounded crown studded with the slabs and small tarns characteristic of the peninsula. Few walkers visit, so the sense of solitude is profound.

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A 516m grassy dome on the divide between Glen Isla and Glen Prosen, named for the mountain hares that turn white on its upper slopes in late autumn. The summit cairn is one of several prehistoric burial mounds scattered along the Angus Mounth.

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Heaval is the highest point of Barra at 384m, instantly recognised by the white marble statue of Our Lady of the Sea on its southern flank. The view from the summit takes in Vatersay, the southern isles and on rare clear days the Skye Cuillin.

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Healabhal Bheag is the southern of MacLeod's Tables, the pair of flat-topped basalt mesas that dominate the Duirinish peninsula of west Skye. The NG 22 42 grid puts it inland from Orbost on Loch Bracadale, with its distinctive truncated profile visible for miles along Skye's west coast.

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Healabhal Mhor is the larger and northern of the MacLeod's Tables, separated from Healabhal Bheag by a wide grassy bealach. The NG 21 44 grid puts it in the Duirinish peninsula of west Skye, where legend records that an unimpressed Chief MacLeod once banqueted the King of Scotland in the open air on the perfectly flat summit.

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Heileasbhal Mor is a quiet 384m hill in the lumpy hill country of south Harris, just west of An Coileach. It looks across to Roineabhal and out over the Sound of Harris to North Uist and the Monach Isles.

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Heiseabhal Mor, anglicised as Heishival Mor, is a 190m peak in the NL 626 grid square at the south-west end of Barra. The name means 'big sacred hill' in Norse-Gaelic, and the summit looks out over the Mingulay sea cliffs and the open Atlantic.

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The Hill of Arisdale is the high point of Yell, the great peat island that sits between the Shetland Mainland and Unst. At 210m it crowns a roadless interior of bog and lochans that earned Yell its reputation as the bleakest of the Shetland isles — though the views over Yell Sound are anything but bleak.

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The Hill of Clibberswick is the north-eastern Marilyn of Unst, looking out over the Skaw peninsula and the easternmost houses in Britain. The 160m top sits above remarkable serpentinite cliffs where the Caledonian fold meets the open North Sea.

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The Hill of Fare is a substantial heather-clad plateau north of Banchory, the highest point on the dividing wall between Deeside and the Don. At 471m it commands a remarkable panorama from Aberdeen out to the Cairngorms, with the site of the Battle of Corrichie on its southern flank.

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Hill of Foudland is a prominent 467m summit between Huntly and Inverurie, instantly recognisable from the A96 by its skyline of telecommunications masts. The hill has a long industrial heritage — slate was quarried on its flanks for centuries.

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A modest 277m ridge above Laurencekirk in the Howe of the Mearns, crowned by Johnstons Tower — a Victorian folly raised by a local laird in 1813. The hill is steeped in murky local history including a tale of a sheriff being boiled by angry tenants in 1420.

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A largely forgotten 337m moorland top above Strachan in central Aberdeenshire, with the Forest of Birse stretching westward and a panorama spanning the Hill of Fare to the Mounth. The cairn marks an old county march, with two adjoining parishes meeting at the point.

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Hill of Nigg rises to 205m at NH 820 705 on the Nigg peninsula east of the Cromarty Firth, looking across Nigg Bay to the giant fabrication yard. The English name has displaced the older Gaelic; the summit is open coastal moor with views to the Sutors of Cromarty.

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A grouse-moor 445m summit set between Blairgowrie and Glenshee, low enough for a short morning outing but with the prominence to deliver surprising views west to Schiehallion and north to the Glen Shee tops. The hill is part of a working sporting estate.

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Hill of Stake is the high point of the Renfrewshire Heights at NS27, a 522m moorland whaleback above Largs and Greenock. Its summit looks across the Firth of Clyde to Arran and back to the wind farms of the Muirshiel plateau.

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A serious 847m hill on the southern boundary of the Cairngorms, often climbed from Glen Clova as part of the round of Glen Doll. The flat-topped summit looks unremarkable from below but holds a panorama running from Lochnagar to the Ochils.

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A curiously named 319m hill in the rolling country west of Forres, with the Wangie itself a small wooded scarp at the summits eastern end. Local folklore tells of fairy gatherings on its top at midsummer — improbable, but the place has a quiet otherworldly feel on a still evening.

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Hill of Tillymorgan sits at 380m on the rolling moorland north of Insch, a low but distinctive heather summit visible across much of central Aberdeenshire. Old slate quarries on its flanks once supplied roofing across the northeast.

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Hods Hill stands at 569m on the NT/NS watershed near Crawfordjohn, a rounded South Lanarkshire summit overlooking the upper Clyde basin. Its sweep of moorland makes for a quiet outing far from the better-known Lowthers to the east.

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Hownam Law is a prominent 449m hill above the village of Hownam in the Cheviot foothills of Roxburghshire (NT 79657 21926). A massive Iron Age hill fort crowns the summit — among the largest in the Borders — with sweeping views over the Kale Water and the Cheviots beyond.

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Huiseabhal Mor is a remote 489m hill in the empty centre of west Harris, looking down on Loch Resort and out to the island of Scarp. The summit views take in Ceartabhal, Tirga Mor and the great glaciated trough of Glen Ulladale.

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Innerdouny Hill is the high point of the Ochils' south-western shoulder, rising in the NO 032 grid square above Glen Devon. The 497m forested summit caps a quiet corner of the range overlooking the valley and the upper Forth.

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Keelylang Hill is the high point of the central spine of Orkney Mainland, rising as a treeless heather dome between Kirkwall and Stromness. At 221m it is modest, but the 360-degree panorama takes in Scapa Flow, Hoy, the north isles and the mass of the Mainland itself.

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Kerloch is a substantial 534m forested whaleback rising directly south of Banchory on Royal Deeside. The conifer-clad lower slopes give way to a heather-and-bog summit area, with the trig perched on the highest of several humps and a view extending to the Mounth hills.

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A 239m Marilyn rising from the Urr Water lowlands east of Castle Douglas, in the NX prefix country of Dumfriesshire. Modest in height, but the prominence above the surrounding rough pasture lets the summit feel like a real high point.

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King's Seat is the highest point of the Sidlaws south-west of Craigowl at NO23, a 377m heathery dome above the village of Bandirran and Stormontfield. Less visited than its neighbour, with a quieter approach through Tay-side forestry.

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Kirkland Hill stands at 511m on the NS-grid uplands north of New Cumnock, an East Ayrshire moorland summit above the Lugar Water. Its setting near the Glen Afton wind cluster gives the climb easy access via service roads.

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The Knap of Trowieglen is the southern Marilyn of Hoy, a brooding 399m sandstone summit above the Rackwick valley. Less visited than Ward Hill or Cuilags, it gives a quieter taste of Hoy's wild south-western edge.

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A 430m isolated lump rising above the rolling farmland of north-east Aberdeenshire between Keith and Huntly. The position out in the open arable country gives the summit trig an unusually wide horizon — Bennachie, the Cairngorm plateau and the Moray Firth all visible on a clear day.

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The Knock of Braemoray is a 456m wedge of heather rising sharply from the upper Findhorn valley on the A939 Dava road. From its trig pillar the view ranges from the high Cairngorm plateaus south to a bright slice of the Moray Firth, with the Knock of Braemoray itself a Pictish-era beacon site.

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The Knock of Crieff is the wooded knoll that rises immediately behind the town of Crieff in NN-square Strathearn. Its 279m summit, marked by an indicator pillar, looks south over the Earn valley to the Ochils and north into the Sma' Glen. The hill is managed as a community park and crossed by a network of waymarked paths.

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A 372m heather knoll between the lower Spey and the Deveron, sitting in the rolling whisky country of central Banffshire. Modest in altitude but with enough prominence to give the summit cairn a genuine outlook over the woods and farms of Strathisla.

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A 265m volcanic cone at NX 11 above the village of Colmonell in the Stinchar valley. Locally called the False Craig because, seen from sea, it can be mistaken for Ailsa Craig — Knockdolian rises in a distinctive pyramid above the Stinchar.

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Lamberton Hill (Ayton Hill) is a 217m coastal hill in Berwickshire just north of the English border (NT 94440 58645), close to the A1 between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Eyemouth. Views stretch along the cliff coast and inland over the Merse to the Lammermuirs.

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A 492m hill rising above the upper Clyde valley near Lamington in South Lanarkshire. The summit gives panoramic views over Tinto Hill and the Lowther Hills to the south. A 492 m top in the Borders.

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Largo Law is the unmistakable volcanic cone above Upper Largo in East Fife at NO42, a 290m landmark visible the length of the East Neuk coast. Twin tops and a steep summit pyramid make this one of the most distinctive small hills in Scotland.

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A 512m moorland top above Newcastleton on the Anglo-Scottish border, looking south into Kielder Forest and the Cheviots. The summit sits on the historic divide of the Debatable Lands. 512 m — a Borders hill.

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A 498m hill in the Ettrick valley between Tushielaw and Ettrick Bridge, surrounded by the rolling sheep country of the upper Ettrick Water. A quiet hill with few visitors. Borders summit at 498.5 m.

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Leathad Mor — the big slope — is a 547m wedge of moor west of Loch Lyon, at NN 378 510 above the head of the loch in the lonely march country between Glen Lyon and Auch. The summit cairn perches on the rim of a long broad ridge that drops east into Glen Mearan and west to the headwaters of the River Coupall.

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Lendrick Hill sits at the eastern end of the Ochils above the Yetts o' Muckhart, its NO01 grid summit overlooking Glen Devon and the A823 pass. A compact 456m hill with disproportionate views once you gain the ridge.

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South Lee is the lower of the twin Lee summits that watch over the seaweed-fringed bays of north-east North Uist. Its 281m top is a rocky little crown with views to Skye and the Sound of Harris.

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North Lee is the sibling of South Lee, slightly lower at 263m but every bit as craggy. Together they form the dramatic eastern wall of North Uist and offer one of the best ridge-walks in the Outer Hebrides.

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Linton Hill is a 282m hill above the village of Morebattle in Roxburghshire (NT 78736 27951), set in the rolling Border country between the Kale Water and the Bowmont. The summit looks south to the Cheviots and north over the Tweed valley.

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The smaller and northerly sibling of Meikle Conval, sharing the same Dufftown skyline of distillery chimneys and barley fields. Eighteen metres lower than its bigger neighbour but a Marilyn in its own right and ideally tackled with the Meikle on a single half-day.

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Liuthaid is a 492m gneiss summit deep in the Pairc forest of south Lewis, sitting between Beinn Mhor and the head of Loch Seaforth. Its quiet position makes it one of the least-visited Marilyns in Scotland, with red deer often the only company.

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Lord Arthur's Hill stands at 518m above the upper Don, an unassuming Aberdeenshire summit named after a long-dead local landowner. A grouse-shooting hill of heather and bilberry with a wide-open feel and a fine outlook to Bennachie.

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Maiden Pap is an instantly recognisable conical 484m peak in the ND04 grid square above Berriedale, and one of the most photographed silhouettes in Caithness. It rises sharply beside its bigger neighbour Morven.

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Marrival is a 230m gneiss bump in central North Uist, perched amid a startling maze of small lochs. Despite the trifling height, its summit lookout over the watery interior is unforgettable.

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Maol Ban — the White Bare Hill — sits at 338m above Lochbuie on the south coast of Mull, named for its pale grasses that catch the morning light from the sea. Although low, its position above the coast gives an arresting outlook across the Firth of Lorn to the Garvellachs and Jura.

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Maol Domhnaich, anglicised as Muldoanich, is a tiny uninhabited island in the NL 689 grid square south-east of Vatersay. The 154m hill that gives the island its outline is a serious objective only because there is no scheduled access — a charter sail and a short scramble are the price of admission.

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Maovally is the pale quartzite cap rising above the Rhiconich-to-Kinlochbervie road on the edge of the Reay Forest. The NC 37 21 square lies within sight of Foinaven and Arkle, and the hill is a fine viewpoint for the entire Cape Wrath peninsula.

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A remote 833m hill at the western end of the Monadhliath plateau, looking down on Loch Crunachdan and the Corrieyairack pass. The Gaelic Marg na Craige translates loosely as the table of the crag, referring to the flattish summit ringed by small cliffs on its southern face.

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Meadie Ridge is a low 414m crest in the NC49 grid square overlooking Loch Meadie, well east of Altnaharra. Reedy lochans dotted across its plateau give it a Flow Country flavour.

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Mealaisbhal is the highest hill in the Uig district of west Lewis at 574m, a chunky cone of Lewisian gneiss standing above the deserted glens behind Uig Sands. Its summit gives one of the finest views in the Outer Hebrides, west over the Atlantic and south to the toothed skyline of the Harris hills.

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Meall a' Bhainne — the milk-coloured lump, named for its pale quartzite scree — is a 631m Marilyn in NN-square Lochaber, sitting on the ridge between Loch Ossian and Loch Treig east of Corrour. The summit looks across to the long bulk of Beinn na Lap and south toward the Rannoch Forest plantations.

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