Knowehead Hill

Knowehead Hill is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,257 feet. Knowehead Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Hartree Square, as well as near the locality Threepland Backshaw.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boghall Castle and Kello Hospital.

Boghall Castle

Castle

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boghall Castle was a 14th-century castle to the south of Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Boghall became ruinous in the 19th century.

Kello Hospital

Hospital

Kello Hospital is a health facility in John's Loan, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire.

Biggar Gasworks Museum

Museum

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biggar and Kilbucho.

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.

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.

Knowehead Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,257 feet
Category: landform
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.60201° or 55° 36′ 7″ north

Longitude

-3.50293° or 3° 30′ 11″ west

Elevation

1,257 feet (383 metres)

Open location code

9C7RJF2W+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2689497885

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12619656

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Localities in the Area

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