Garelet Dod

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Garelet Dod
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Highest point
Elevation 698 m (2,290 ft) [1]
Prominence 126 m (413 ft) [1]
Listing Hu,Tu,Sim, D,GT,DN,Y [1]
Naming
English translation English and possibly Welsh or Scottish Gaelic: Rounded Summit of the Rough Slope [2]
Geography
Location Scottish Borders, Scotland
Parent range Moffat Hills, Southern Uplands
OS grid NT 12600 17252
Topo map OS Landranger 78

Garelet Dod is a hill in the Moffat Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. A broad, flat summit like its neighbour Cape Law, it is commonly ascended from Talla Linfoots to the north on the way to the higher summits to the southwest and southeast, usually as part of a round. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Garelet Dod". Hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. Nurminen, Terhi Johanna (2012). Hill-Terms in the Place-Names of Northumberland and County Durham (PDF) (PhD). Newcastle University.