Summit Register

Donald · Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Kirriereoch Hill

786.8 m

2,581 ftDrop 150.2 mNX 420 869

Finder: 12 Donalds in Dumfries and Galloway

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmKirriereoch Hill786.8Merrick843Mullwharchar692.9Shalloch on Minnoch774.2Craignaw646
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmKirriereoch Hill786.8Merrick843Mullwharchar692.9
Looking north, 159 km wide, heights ×56 (method).

Kirriereoch Hill is a Donald of 786.8 m in Dumfries and Galloway. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 0.2 m.

No other Donald has less drop. Of the 12 register hills in Dumfries and Galloway, it has the smallest drop. The higher hill nearest to it, Merrick, is a Corbett, 1.6 km to the south-east. The highest point is recorded as large smooth rock, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit786.8 mKey col636.6 msea level
Key col NX 4258 8650, 0.7 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

786.8 m464th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

150.2 m884th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Merrick1.6 km south-east
    843 m
  2. 2
    Mullwharchar3.3 km east
    692.9 m
  3. 3
    Shalloch on Minnoch3.8 km north
    774.2 m
  4. 4
    Craignaw5.3 km south-east
    646 m
1234MerrickMullwharcharCraignawN2 km

Lists

  • 7th highest of the 31 Donalds profiled here
  • 437th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Merrick, 843 m, 1.6 km south-east
Region
27B: Carrick and Galloway
OS map
77
Summit
Large smooth rock
DoBIH no.
1691
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Kirriereoch Hill

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