Glengaber Hill
Glengaber Hill is a peak in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,690 feet. Glengaber Hill is situated nearby to the locality Shieling Rig, as well as near the village Wanlockhead.Places of Interest
Highlights include Miners Library and Leadhills railway station.
Leadhills railway station
Railway station
Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.
Wanlockhead
Village
Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.
Leadhills
Village
Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5+3⁄4 miles WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835.
Sanquhar
Town
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and considered the oldest working post office in the world. Sanquhar is situated 5 miles southwest of Glengaber Hill.
Glengaber Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,690 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.40451° or 55° 24′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.82092° or 3° 49′ 15″ westElevation
1,690 feet (515 metres)Open location code
9C7RC53H+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2487775164OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12618819
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