📌 Correen Hills, Aberdeenshire
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The little-visited Correen Hills span the high ground between Alford and Lumsden in rural Aberdeenshire. Lord Arthur’s Hill is the highest part of this gentle range, named after Lord Arthur Forbes, whose body was carried across the moorland here after his death at the nearby Battle of Tillyangus in 1571. An occasionally soggy circuit (avoid after wet weather) around the head of the Esset Burn sticks to a broad swathe of high ground giving views over most of the county.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish immediately southeast of Terpersie, minor road 1 mi northwest of Tullynessle
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NJ 548201
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.269014,-2.750643
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Verge parking at track junction – don’t block access
📝 Key info
▶ 15 km / 9 mi | ▲ 390 m | ⌛ 4-4.5 hr
Features: △ Lord Arthur’s Hill (518 m, sub-2000′ Marilyn); △ Badingair Hill (478 m); ⛰️ Correen Quarry
⬤ Moderate | Good tracks can become a bit soggy in places, especially between Edinbanchory Hill and Badingair Hill.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Dubston Farm – Fouchie Shank – Lord Arthur’s Hill – Edinbanchory Hill – Brux Hill – Badingair Hill – Correen Quarry – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Snow buntings in the mist on Lord Arthur’s Hill.
Weather: Blue skies to start but with hill fog on the summit which lifted beyond Lord Arthur’s Hill. Temperatures in single figures with little wind.
October 2013
