Cairnsgarroch
Cairnsgarroch is a hill in the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Really one of approximately six satellites of the main ridge, it is usually climbed as a detour.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,162 feet
- Description: hill in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “An Càrnas Gairbheach” and “An Càrnas Gearrach”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Woodhead lead mines and smelter,Carsphairn and Carlin’s Cairn.
Woodhead lead mines and smelter,Carsphairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodhead lead mines and smelter,Carsphairn is an archaeological site.
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.
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.
Cairnsgarroch
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.19415° or 55° 11′ 39″ northLongitude
-4.33308° or 4° 19′ 59″ westElevation
2,162 feet (659 metres)Open location code
9C7Q5MV8+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2694972939OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Cairnsgarroch” goes by many names.
- Breton: “An Càrnas Gearrach”
- Cornish: “An Càrnas Gearrach”
- Irish: “An Càrnas Gairbheach”
- Irish: “An Càrnas Gearrach”
- Manx: “An Càrnas Gearrach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Càrnas Gairbheach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Càrnas Gearrach”
- Welsh: “An Càrnas Gearrach”
- “An Càrnas Gearrach”
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