Bar Hill
Bar Hill is a peak in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Bar Hill is situated nearby to the village Dundrennan, as well as near the hamlet Girdstingwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dundrennan Abbey and High Banks cup and ring markings.
Dundrennan Abbey
Ruins
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundrennan Abbey, in Dundrennan, Scotland, near to Kirkcudbright, was a Cistercian monastery in the Romanesque architectural style, established in 1142 by Fergus of Galloway, King David I of Scotland, and monks from Rievaulx Abbey.
High Banks cup and ring markings
Archaeological site
Photo: Jon Holland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The High Banks cup and ring markings are a series of Neolithic or Bronze Age carvings on an outcrop of rock near High Banks farm, 3 km SE of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway. They are one of the best collections of cup and ring markings in Galloway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkcudbright and Dundrennan.
Kirkcudbright
Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkcudbright is a coastal town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a poppulation in 2020 of 3350. Farming and fishing are its main trades.
Dundrennan
Village
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Bar Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.8134° or 54° 48′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.9629° or 3° 57′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C6RR27P+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 994859231OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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