Hillhead Hill

Hillhead Hill is a peak in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland and has an elevation of 787 feet. Hillhead Hill is situated nearby to the locality Moss-side, as well as near Bauldie’s Brae.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Easthill stone circle and Pict’s Knowe.

Easthill stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easthill stone circle, also known as the Seven Grey Stanes, is a small oval stone circle 3¾ miles south-west of Dumfries. Eight stones of a probable nine remain.

Pict’s Knowe

Archaeological site

Pict's Knowe is a henge monument in the parish of Troqueer, Dumfries and Galloway. It is one of a small group of henge monuments around Dumfries which includes Broadlea henge near Annan.

Lochaber Loch is a small, lowland freshwater loch that lies among steep-sided hills, approximately 4.5 mi to the west of Dumfries, Scotland. The loch is somewhat triangular in shape and is 0.5 mi long and 0.25 mi at its widest point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumfries and Troqueer.

Dumfries

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dumfries is the principal town of Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in Dumfries town until his death, aged 37.

Troqueer

Suburb

Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troqueer is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway on the west side of the River Nith. The eastern-side was merged with Dumfries to the east in 1929, and today eastern Troqueer is a suburb of Dumfries.

Maxwelltown

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maxwelltown was formerly a burgh of barony and police burgh and by the time of the burgh's abolition in 1929 it was the most populous burgh in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.

Hillhead Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 787 feet
Category: landform
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.0292° or 55° 1′ 45″ north

Longitude

-3.681° or 3° 40′ 52″ west

Elevation

787 feet (240 metres)

Open location code

9C7R28H9+MJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3482650896

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Moss-side and Bauldie’s Brae.

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Highlights include Long Wood and Woodhead Hill.

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