Summit Register

Hills of South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire (Scotland) has 3 summits in this register, out of 174 hills of all sizes in the Database of British and Irish Hills. The highest is Green Lowther at 732.5 m; the median height is 711.6 m and the median drop 425 m.

On the lists: Grahams 3 · Donalds 3 · Marilyns 3

South Lanarkshire in brief

Its highest hill, Green Lowther, ranks 549th of the 737 register hills in Scotland. The median hill here is 144 m lower than the Scotland median of 855.6 m. The greatest drop belongs not to the highest but to Tinto, 443 m. For two of its 3 hills the nearest higher summit lies in another county entry, such as Green Lowther, whose nearest higher summit is Hart Fell. All 3 are Grahams. One has a trig point at or by the summit.

Most prominent

Greatest drop above the key col.

  1. Tinto
    443 m
  2. Green Lowther
    425 m
  3. Ballencleuch Law
    203.9 m

Most isolated

Distance to the nearest higher summit.

  1. Green Lowther
    21.3 km
  2. Tinto
    11.3 km
  3. Ballencleuch Law
    7.3 km

All 3 hills by height

No.HillHeightDropLists
1Green Lowther732.5 m425 mGrahams, Donalds, MarilynsDrop 425 m
2Tinto711.6 m443 mGrahams, Donalds, MarilynsDrop 443 m
3Ballencleuch Law691.4 m203.9 mGrahams, Donalds, MarilynsDrop 203.9 m

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Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.6, CC BY 4.0; counties as recorded in the database. Our own calculations.