Wylies Hill
Wylies Hill is a hill in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,995 feet. Wylies Hill is situated nearby to the village Tweedsmuir, as well as near the locality Birkhill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Broad Law and Megget Reservoir.
Broad Law
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second-highest point in the Southern Uplands and the highest point in the Scottish Borders, it has an elevation of 840 metres, a prominence of 653 metres and an isolation of 81 kilometres. Broad Law is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wylies Hill.
Megget Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: John Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Megget Reservoir is an impounding reservoir in the Megget valley in Ettrick Forest, in the Scottish Borders. The 259 hectares reservoir is held back by the largest earth dam in Scotland. Megget Reservoir is situated 2 miles east of Wylies Hill.
Talla Cleuch Head
Peak
Talla Cleuch Head is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. As ascents are either long or steep from all other sides, Talla Cleuch Head is normally climbed from the Megget Stane to the southeast, which allows for a deer fence to be followed to the summit. Talla Cleuch Head is situated 1½ miles west of Wylies Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tweedsmuir and Cappercleuch.
Tweedsmuir
Village
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Tweedsmuir is a village and civil parish in Tweeddale, the Scottish Borders Council district, southeastern Scotland. Tweedsmuir is situated 4 miles northwest of Wylies Hill.
Cappercleuch
Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cappercleuch is a settlement on the A708, at St. Mary's Loch in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the historic county of Selkirkshire. Places nearby include Bowerhope Law, Craigierig, Deer Law, the Dryhope Tower, Ettrickbridge, the Ettrick Forest, the… Cappercleuch is situated 5 miles east of Wylies Hill.
Bowerhope
Hamlet
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Bowerhope is a village off the A708, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the banks of St Mary's Loch in Ettrick Forest. Bowerhope is situated 6 miles east of Wylies Hill.
Wylies Hill
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,995 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.48013° or 55° 28′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.32995° or 3° 19′ 48″ westElevation
1,995 feet (608 metres)Open location code
9C7RFMJC+32GeoNames ID
12621162
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