Cardon Hill

Cardon Hill is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 2,215 feet. Cardon Hill is situated nearby to the locality Dun Knees, as well as near Crooked Bank.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapelgill Hill and Culter Fell.

Chapelgill Hill

Peak

Chapelgill Hill is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is frequently climbed from the north-west, taking in the range's, and South Lanarkshire's, highest summit, Culter Fell.

Culter Fell

Peak

Photo: Viewfinder, Public domain.

Culter Fell is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the county top of the historic county of Lanarkshire, as well as the highest point in South Lanarkshire council area.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cow Castle is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilbucho and Coulter.

Kilbucho

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilbucho is a small settlement in the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in Peeblesshire and near Biggar and Broughton.

Coulter

Village

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coulter or Culter is a small village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 3 miles south of Biggar. Some old maps and local modern houses also have the spelling Cootyre - "a safe place for cows." Nearby are two notable Scottish hills, Tinto and Culter Fell.

Biggar

Photo: Fox-Talbot, Public domain.

Biggar is a market town historically in Lanarkshire and now within Clydesdale. It's nowadays a commuter town for both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2020 had a population of 2640. Its attractions are a rare combination: a gasworks museum and a puppet theatre.

Cardon Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,215 feet
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.568° or 55° 34′ 5″ north

Longitude

-3.48379° or 3° 29′ 2″ west

Elevation

2,215 feet (675 metres)

Open location code

9C7RHG98+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 339879841

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12618426

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Localities in the Area

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