Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Kirriereoch Hill
Height: 787m / 2581ft • Prominence: 150m / 492ft • Summit : large smooth rock • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Looking south east from the Merrick in Galloway Scotland across to the Solway Firth to England.
The Loch (Scotish Lake) slightly to the right of centre is Loch Neldricken, the far right section of which is the Murder Hole from S. R. Crockett's 1894 book The Raiders.
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Looking West from the Merrick, Galloway Scotland.
The Merrick is the highest point in the Scottish Uplands and a pleasant Sunday walk, without the trip up to the Highlands.
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Looking south east from the Merrick in Galloway Scotland across to the Solway Firth to England.
The Loch (Scotish Lake) slightly to the right of centre is Loch Neldricken, the far right section of which is the Murder Hole from S. R. Crockett's 1894 book The Raiders.
loch snowcappers merrick scotland southeastview lochneldricken cloud theraiders srcrockett hills lake murderhole galloway mountain gallowayforestpark 49239417291
Looking West from the Merrick, Galloway Scotland.
The Merrick is the highest point in the Scottish Uplands and a pleasant Sunday walk, without the trip up to the Highlands.
merrick scotland galloway cloud westview hills mountain gallowayforestpark snow 49252542152
The Merrick (843m)
The Merrick Trail, Dumfries and Galloway
30-Aug-18 • myjumbokimono • flickr
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View of the NNW ridge of Kirriereoch.
24-Mar-18 • Dugswell2 • flickr
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1691 Kirriereoch Hill
Parked over bridge near picnic area then walked along track passed Kirriereoch Farm to continue along forest track to below SW of ridge of Tarfessock. Up path of sorts by wood edge then east to Tarfessock. Then onto Tarfessock South Top then aiming for the boundary wall on Kirriereoch Hill then onto its summit boulder. Easy amble to Kirriereoch Hill (boundary) before heading back down the west ridge towards the forest a river crossing before regaining the forest track. Name:Kirriereoch Hill Hill number:1691 Height:786.8m / 2581ft RHB Section:27B: Carrick and Galloway Donald area:Galloway Hills County/UA:Dumfries and Galloway (UA) Catchment:Cree, Doon Watershed:Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Firth of Clyde Class:Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Donald, Corbett Top, Deleted Corbett Grid ref:NX 42093 86949 Summit feature:large smooth rock Drop:150.2m Col:636.6m NX 4258 8650 Observations:all cairns are lower Survey:Leica Disto D510/Leica RX1250 Comments:new Marilyn August 2015
24-Mar-18 • Dugswell2 • flickr
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1691 Kirriereoch Hill a
24-Mar-18 • Dugswell2 • flickr
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1691 Kirriereoch Hill b
24-Mar-18 • Dugswell2 • flickr
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1691 Kirriereoch Hill c
24-Mar-18 • Dugswell2 • flickr
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Videos
A walk that completes our walks up all the summits of the Awful Hand this Summer. A good day out with a very steep ascent up ...
wildcamping #dumfriesandgalloway #backpacking This was a wild camping trip on Merrick which is located in Dumfries and ...
Winter wild camping with my dog on a Scottish mountain in extreme winter conditions and heavy snow. This is my coldest wild ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.