Cow Castle

Cow Castle is a hill in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,040 feet. Cow Castle is situated nearby to the village Coulter, as well as near the locality West End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cow Castle and Boghall Castle.

Cow Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cow Castle is an archaeological site.

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. Boghall Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Cow Castle.

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. Chapelgill Hill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Cow Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coulter and Kilbucho.

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.

Kilbucho

Hamlet

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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. Kilbucho is situated 3 miles northeast of Cow Castle.

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.

Cow Castle

Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,040 feet
Category: landform
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.58225° or 55° 34′ 56″ north

Longitude

-3.52011° or 3° 31′ 12″ west

Elevation

1,040 feet (317 metres)

Open location code

9C7RHFJH+VX

GeoNames ID

12619679

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