Summit Register

Graham · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Craignaw

646 m

2,119 ftDrop 151.3 mNX 459 833

Finder: 7 Grahams in Dumfries and Galloway

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCraignaw646Mullwharchar692.9Merrick843Kirriereoch Hill786.8Corserine814
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmCraignaw646Mullwharchar692.9Merrick843
Looking north, 1611 km wide, heights ×57 (method).

Craignaw is a Graham of 646 m in Dumfries and Galloway. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 1.3 m.

Only two Grahams have less drop. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Merrick at 843 m. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. It shares its height of 646 m with Base Brown. It is the lowest of the nine register hills in the Carrick and Galloway region, where Merrick is highest. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Carn Salachaidh (648 m) and Biod an Fhithich (645.9 m).

To scale

Summit646 mKey col494.7 msea level
Key col NX 4541 8435, 1.2 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

646 m683rd highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

151.3 m877th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.3 km525th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Mullwharchar3.3 km north
    692.9 m
  2. 2
    Merrick3.9 km north-west
    843 m
  3. 3
    Kirriereoch Hill5.3 km north-west
    786.8 m
  4. 4
    Corserine5.4 km north-east
    814 m
1234MullwharcharMerrickCorserineN2 km

Lists

  • 177th highest of 231 Grahams
  • 29th highest of the 31 Donalds profiled here
  • 774th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Mullwharchar, 692.9 m, 3.3 km north
Region
27B: Carrick and Galloway
OS map
77
Summit
Cairn on top of large boulder
DoBIH no.
1709
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Craignaw

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