Kirriereoch Hill

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Kirriereoch Hill
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Highest point
Elevation 786 m (2,579 ft) [1]
Prominence 150.2 m [2]
Listing Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim, D, CT,DN,Y,xC [3]
Naming
English translation Scottish Gaelic: Hill of the Brindled Quarter [4]
Geography
Location South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parent range Range of the Awful Hand, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands
OS grid NX 42093 86949
Topo map OS Landranger 77

Kirriereoch Hill is a hill in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies on the border of the old counties of Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, or the modern regions of Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire. A boundary wall near the summit is the highest point in South Ayrshire and Ayrshire as a whole. Kirriereoch Hill was classified as a Corbett and Marilyn but then deleted from these lists in 1984 due to not being thought to achieve the respective prominence criteria. In August 2015 the hill was relisted as a Marilyn [5] after having been surveyed to have a 150.2 m prominence. However, since this is less than the 152.4 m required, the hill will not be re-listed as a Corbett. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mountain Search".
  2. ↑ "Kirriereoch Hill". hillbagging.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
  4. ↑ https://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SPNNews-38-Spring-2015.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. ↑ "The Relative Hills of Britain".
  6. ↑ "The Database of British and Irish Hills: News".

Coordinates: 55°09′07″N4°28′52″W / 55.15204°N 4.48108°W / 55.15204; -4.48108


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