Whinny Hill

Whinny Hill is a peak in , , . Whinny Hill is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abbey of Dulce Cor and Pict’s Knowe.

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of , in the historical county of in , 8 miles south of .

Archaeological site
Pict's Knowe is a henge monument in the parish of , . It is one of a small group of henge monuments around which includes Broadlea henge near .

Photo: Andy Connor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small, lowland freshwater loch that lies among steep-sided hills, approximately 4.5 mi to the west of , . 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 New Abbey and The Crichton.

Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, . It is 6 miles south of . The summit of the prominent hill is 2.5 miles to the south.

Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an institutional campus in in southwest Scotland. It serves as a remote campus for the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway College, and the Open University.

Suburb
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former village and a parish in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in on the west side of the . The eastern-side was merged with to the east in 1929, and today eastern is a suburb of Dumfries.

Whinny Hill

Latitude
55.0062° or 55° 0′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.6316° or 3° 37′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C7R2949+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3482650898
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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