Black Hill

Black Hill is a peak in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,804 feet. Black Hill is situated nearby to the village Wanlockhead, as well as near the locality Corbie Hall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leadhills railway station and Miners Library.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight.

Miners Library

Library

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Green Lowther

Peak

Green Lowther is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the highest point of the Lowther Hills and lies in Lanarkshire, east of the town of Sanquhar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leadhills and Wanlockhead.

Leadhills

Village

Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5+3⁄4 miles WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835.

Wanlockhead

Village

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.

Black Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,804 feet
Category: landform
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.406° or 55° 24′ 22″ north

Longitude

-3.7786° or 3° 46′ 43″ west

Elevation

1,804 feet (550 metres)

Open location code

9C7RC64C+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 308086378

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Highlights include Lead Mine Adit and Tait’s Level Lead Mine Adit.

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