Stack Hill

Stack Hill is a peak in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 1,785 feet. Stack Hill is situated nearby to the locality Mennock Hass, as well as near the village Wanlockhead.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Green Lowther and Lowther Hill.

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.

Lowther Hill is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Although the hill lends its name to the range, it is the second highest point of the Lowther Hills and lies on the border between Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway, east of the town of Sanquhar, however the true summit lies just within Lanarkshire.

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.

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.

Stack Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,785 feet
Category: landform
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.3936° or 55° 23′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.7648° or 3° 45′ 53″ west

Elevation

1,785 feet (544 metres)

Open location code

9C7R96VP+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 308087061

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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