Kirriereoch Hill
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.Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,582 feet
- Description: 786m high mountain in Scotland
- Also known as: “Kirrierock Hill”, “Meal Tuaichtan”, “Meall an t-Suachdain”, and “Sauchtoun Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Merrick and Tarfessock.
Merrick
Peak
Photo: DavidAdamson, CC BY 3.0.
The Merrick is a mountain in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The summit elevation is 843 metres, making it the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands and southern Scotland.
Tarfessock
Peak
Tarfessock 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. A craggy hill, it is the lowest Donald in the range, being completely obscured by Kirriereoch Hill when viewed from the Merrick.
Benyellary
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Merrick is a mountain in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The summit elevation is 843 metres, making it the highest mountain in the Southern Uplands and southern Scotland.
Kirriereoch Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.15213° or 55° 9′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.48104° or 4° 28′ 52″ westElevation
2,582 feet (787 metres)Open location code
9C7Q5G29+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 526150585OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Kirriereoch Hill” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Meall an t-Suachdain”
- Cebuano: “Kirriereoch Hill”
- Cornish: “Meall an t-Suachdain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كيريريوتش هيل”
- Irish: “Coire Riabhach”
- Irish: “Meall an t-Suachdain”
- Ladin: “Kirriereoch Hill”
- Manx: “Meall an t-Suachdain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Meall an t-Suachdain”
- Swedish: “Kirriereoch Hill”
- Welsh: “Meall an t-Suachdain”
- “Meall an t-Suachdain”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eldrick (An Eileirig) and The Cargaie.
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Highlights include Balminnoch and Balminoch Loch.
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