Shaw Hill
Shaw Hill is a peak in Scotland, United Kingdom and has an elevation of 1,211 feet. Shaw Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Culter Shaw, as well as near the locality Snaip.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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biggar and Symington.
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.
Symington
Village
Photo: frank smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Symington is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 3 miles southwest of Biggar, 10 miles east of Douglas and 13 miles southeast of Carluke. Geographical features near Symington include Tinto Hill, the Coulter Hills and the River Clyde.
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.
Shaw Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,211 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.5884° or 55° 35′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.5317° or 3° 31′ 54″ westElevation
1,211 feet (369 metres)Open location code
9C7RHFQ9+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 247178623OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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