White Hill
White Hill is a locality in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. White Hill is situated nearby to the locality Watchman Hill, as well as near Barnmuir Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Ettrick and Closeburn Castle.
Loch Ettrick
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
Closeburn Castle
House
Photo: Kirkpatrick, CC BY 2.5.
Closeburn Castle is a privately owned tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland. Closeburn Castle is situated 2 miles west of White Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Closeburn and Ae.
Closeburn
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is situated 2½ miles west of White Hill.
Ae
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ae is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is located on the edge of a 15,000-acre human-made conifer forest, and is approximately 9 miles north of Dumfries. Ae is situated 3½ miles southeast of White Hill.
Thornhill
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. Thornhill is situated 4 miles west of White Hill.
White Hill
- Type: Locality
- Category: peak
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.22083° or 55° 13′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.66767° or 3° 40′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7R68CJ+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 8154369034OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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