Barend Hill
Barend Hill is a peak in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland and has an elevation of 528 feet. Barend Hill is situated nearby to the village Dundrennan, as well as near the hamlet Girdstingwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dundrennan Abbey and High Banks cup and ring markings.
Dundrennan Abbey
Ruins
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundrennan Abbey, in Dundrennan, Scotland, near to Kirkcudbright, was a Cistercian monastery in the Romanesque architectural style, established in 1142 by Fergus of Galloway, King David I of Scotland, and monks from Rievaulx Abbey.
High Banks cup and ring markings
Archaeological site
Photo: Jon Holland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The High Banks cup and ring markings are a series of Neolithic or Bronze Age carvings on an outcrop of rock near High Banks farm, 3 km SE of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway. They are one of the best collections of cup and ring markings in Galloway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundrennan and Kirkcudbright.
Dundrennan
Village
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Kirkcudbright
Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkcudbright is a coastal town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a poppulation in 2020 of 3350. Farming and fishing are its main trades.
Barend Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 528 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.81714° or 54° 49′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.95146° or 3° 57′ 5″ westElevation
528 feet (161 metres)Open location code
9C6RR28X+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 994859622OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12621780
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