Rhinns of Kells
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.Photo: Scothill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,959 feet
- Description: range of hills in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kells Range”, “Kills Range”, “Rinnean Coillis”, and “The Rhinns”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corserine and Carlin’s Cairn.
Corserine
Peak
Photo: 2005biggar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corserine is a hill in north of the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the highest point of the range and the second highest point in Galloway.
Carlin’s Cairn
Peak
Carlin's Cairn is a hill in the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is located immediately north of Corserine, the highest summit of the range.
Mullwharchar
Peak
Photo: Tony Page, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mullwharchar is a hill in the Dungeon Hills, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Mullwarchar is situated to the north of Loch Enoch, west of Corserine, northeast of Merrick and east of Kirriereoch Hill. Mullwharchar is situated 2½ miles west of Rhinns of Kells.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carsphairn.
Carsphairn
Village
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carsphairn is a village in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located about halfway between Dalmellington and St John's Town of Dalry, on the A713 road. Carsphairn is situated 6 miles northeast of Rhinns of Kells.
Rhinns of Kells
- Categories: mountain range, hill chain, and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Rhinns of Kells” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Rinnean Coillis”
- Cebuano: “Rhinns of Kells”
- Cornish: “Rinnean Coillis”
- Egyptian Arabic: “رينز من كيلز”
- German: “Rhinns of Kells”
- Irish: “Na Rinnean”
- Irish: “Rinnean Coillis”
- Manx: “Rinnean Coillis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na Rinnean”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rinnean Coillis”
- Swedish: “Rhinns of Kells”
- Welsh: “Rinnean Coillis”
- “Rinnean Coillis”
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