Meikle Millyea

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Meikle Millyea
Meikle Millyea.jpg
Highest point
Elevation 748.6 m (2,456 ft) [1]
Prominence 121 m (397 ft) [2]
Listing Hu,Tu,Sim,D,GT,DN,Y [3]
Naming
English translation Scots,Scottish Gaelic: Large, Grey Round Hill [4]
Geography
Location Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parent range Rhinns of Kells, Southern Uplands
OS grid NX 51616 82555
Topo map OS Landranger 77

Meikle Millyea is a hill in the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The true summit of the hill has been disputed over the years; a 2015 survey concluded that the southwest top, around 400m southwest from the trig point and cairn is approximately 2m higher. [5]

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The Rhinns of Kells are a range of hills in the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The most easterly of three parallel ridges, they are neighboured to the west by the Range of the Awful Hand and the Dungeon Hills. The eastern portion of the Minnigaff Hills range lies immediately southwest of the range. In total, these four ranges are part of the Galloway Forest Park. The ridge is located entirely within Dumfries and Galloway, with the base of the western flanks being a northwestern boundary of the county.

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