I parked west of the house at Caen in an extended passing place on the A897 Helmsdale to Kinbrace Road in the Strath of Kildonnan. I then walked west along this road crossing the Caen Burn noting that I could have left my car beside the bridge.
Once beyond the gate in a stock fence I climbed north-west through a mixture of short cropped heather and soft tussocky vegetation, following a fence then some old fence posts, onto Solus Craggie.
![Solus Craggie](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01-Solus-Craggie.jpg)
![Caen Burn](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/02-Caen-Burn.jpg)
![Looking back to start and the River Helmsdale](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/03-Looking-back-to-start-and-the-River-Helmsdale.jpg)
![Caen Burn. Cnoc na Maoile in distance](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/04-Caen-Burn.-Cnoc-na-Maoile-in-distance.jpg)
From there I walked north then a short descent led to the col with Cnoc na Maoile.
![Cnoc na Maoile and ascent route](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/05-Cnoc-na-Maoile-and-ascent-route.jpg)
![Golden Plover](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/06-Golden-Plover.jpg)
I thereafter climbed through heather of varying lengths to reach Cnoc na Moile’s wide summit area where after a bit of searching I located a couple of stones which apparently marked the highest point of this Marilyn.
![Strath of Kildonnan](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/07-Strath-of-Kildonnan.jpg)
![Creag Scalabsdale](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/08-Creag-Scalabsdale.jpg)
![Morven, Smean and Scaraben](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/09-Morven-Smean-and-Scaraben.jpg)
![Braigh na h-Eaglaise in the distance](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/10-Braigh-na-h-Eaglaise-in-the-distance.jpg)
![Creag Thoraraidh](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11-Creag-Thoraraidh.jpg)
I took a break here before descending south-east crossing the Allt an Dir just before it merged with the Caen Burn. I then followed animal trails and an old vehicle track down the west side of the Caen Burn and returned to the A897.
I then returned to Helmsdale and drove north on the A9 to Ousdale, north of the Ord of Caithness, and parked on an old section of the A9. I then headed to a locked gate in a deer fence and once over it briefly walked along the vehicle track before leaving it and taking to the open hillside.
![Start of ascent, a locked gate](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/12-Start-of-ascent-a-lockked-gate.jpg)
![View back to Ousdale and the start](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/13-View-back-to-Ousdale-and-the-start.jpg)
![Route to Braigh na h-Eaglaise](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/14-Route-to-Braigh-na-h-Eaglaise.jpg)
I climbed through a mixture of heather and grasses to an old fence and beyond it tussocky ground before reaching the cairn marking the summit of the Marilyn, Braigh na h-Eaglaise.
![Cnoc Allt na Beithe](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/15-Cnoc-Allt-na-Beithe.jpg)
![Langwell Water, Morven and Smean](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/16-Langwell-Water-Morven-and-Smean.jpg)
![Scaraben](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/17-Scaraben.jpg)
After a break here I returned by the ascent route.
- Total time – 5 hours.
- Total distance – 13.5 kilometres.
- Total height climbed – 695 metres.