Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Colt Hill
Height: 598m / 1962ft • Prominence: 245m / 804ft • Summit : no feature: 20m ENE of trig point • Trip reports (hill-bagging)




Small stream
Cairnhead Forest, Dumfries and Galloway
02-Jun-17 • pennyjones2408 • flickr
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IMG_0650
27-Apr-17 • griff griff • flickr
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27-Apr-17 • griff griff • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
Now would be a good time for a cup of tea.






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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.




Small stream
Cairnhead Forest, Dumfries and Galloway
02-Jun-17 • pennyjones2408 • flickr
35095268542

IMG_0650
27-Apr-17 • griff griff • flickr
stridingarches dumfriesgalloway andygoldsworthy cairnhead sculpture southernuplands moniaive byre 34141239152

IMG_0650bw
27-Apr-17 • griff griff • flickr
stridingarches dumfriesgalloway andygoldsworthy cairnhead sculpture southernuplands moniaive byre 33488630723

IMG_0653
27-Apr-17 • griff griff • flickr
stridingarches dumfriesgalloway andygoldsworthy cairnhead sculpture southernuplands moniaive byre 34167847421

IMG_0653bw
27-Apr-17 • griff griff • flickr
stridingarches dumfriesgalloway andygoldsworthy cairnhead sculpture southernuplands moniaive byre 33914843780

The Striding Arch
The Striding Arches are a series of three massive stone sandstone arches built on the hilltops around Cairnhead, near Moniaive, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. They are built by sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. The arch you see stands on the top of Colt Hill (598 m). It is just under 4 meters high, and stretches across 7 meters. It is built from 31 blocks of hand-dressed red sandstone weighing approximately 27 tons.
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Colt Hill Arch
Andy Goldsworthy iPhone pano shot and edited in Snapseed on the iPad
05-Apr-15 • mobilevirgin • flickr
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Videos
Interview by Sky News of Moniaive's Tim Osullivan and Sue Grant.
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.