Summit Register

Corbett · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Cairnsmore of Carsphairn

797 m

2,615 ftDrop 582 mNX 594 980

Finder: 4 Corbetts in Dumfries and Galloway

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCairnsmore of Carsphairn797Windy Standard697.9Blackcraig Hill700.9Corserine814Mullwharchar692.9
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCairnsmore of Carsphairn797Windy Standard697.9Blackcraig Hill700.9
Looking north, 5228 km wide, heights ×1619 (method).

Cairnsmore of Carsphairn is a Corbett of 797 m in Dumfries and Galloway. In the database's The Glenkens to Annandale region it is the highest of seven register hills, above Green Lowther and five others.

Its drop of 582 m is 73% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 215 m above sea level. It shares its height of 797 m with Haycock. On the Corbetts height ladder it sits between Cir Mhor (798.1 m) and Beinn Dronaig (796.8 m). Its nearest higher summit, Carlin's Cairn (807 m, 13.7 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit797 mKey col215 mdrop 582 msea level
Key col NX 513 988, 8.1 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

797 m446th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

582 m131st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

13.7 km104th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Windy Standard4.3 km north-east
    697.9 m
  2. 2
    Blackcraig Hill9.9 km north-east
    700.9 m
  3. 3
    Corserine14.6 km south-west
    814 m
  4. 4
    Mullwharchar18.0 km south-west
    692.9 m
1234Windy StandardBlackcraig HillCorserineMullwharcharN5 km

Lists

  • 163rd highest of 222 Corbetts
  • 6th highest of the 31 Donalds profiled here
  • 414th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Carlin's Cairn, 807 m, 13.7 km south-west
Region
27C: The Glenkens to Annandale
OS map
77
Summit
Embedded boulder 12m NW of trig point
DoBIH no.
1739
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cairnsmore of Carsphairn

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures