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″ north

Longitude

-3.95146° or 3° 57′ 5″ west

Elevation

528 feet (161 metres)

Open location code

9C6RR28X+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 994859622

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12621780

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