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 Duntercleuch.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Miners Library and Leadhills railway station.

Miners Library

Library

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

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.

Wanlockhead Inn

Pub

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn is a pub.

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 historic market town and former royal burgh on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. The town is approximately 49 miles southwest of Edinburgh, 36 miles southeast of Glasgow, and 24 miles north-northwest of Dumfries. 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″ north

Longitude

-3.82092° or 3° 49′ 15″ west

Elevation

1,690 feet (515 metres)

Open location code

9C7RC53H+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2487775164

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12618819

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