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The Mull of Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Maol nan Gall, pronounced [mɯːlˠ̪ nəŋ ˈkaulˠ̪]; grid reference) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway , at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula.
The Mull of Galloway Trail is a coastal long-distance path in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The route, which is 59 km (37 mi) long, [ 1 ] runs along the coast from Glenapp near Ballantrae (where the trail links with the Ayrshire Coastal Path ) to the Mull of Galloway .
The highest point in Scotland is the summit of Ben Nevis, at an elevation of 1,345 m (4,413 ft).. The ten tallest mountains in the UK are all found in Scotland.. Wanlockhead claims to be the highest settlement in Scotland, at 410 m (1,350 ft) above sea level.
The Southern Upland Way meets with seven of the other Great Trails: the Annandale Way, the Berwickshire Coastal Path, the Borders Abbeys Way, the Cross Borders Drove Road, the Mull of Galloway Trail, the Romans and Reivers Route and St Cuthbert's Way.
Mull of Galloway The Rhins (or Rhinns ) of Galloway is a double-headed peninsula in southwestern Scotland. It takes the form of a hammerhead projecting into the Irish Sea , terminating in the north at Corsewall and Milleur Points and in the south at the Mull of Galloway (the southernmost point of Scotland).
The interpretation that this passage refers to Galloway is based on contextual information, as the work later refers to "the part of Britain that faces Ireland", which is seen as referring to southwestern Scotland. [11] Landmarks according to Ptolemy. Galloway: modern names of landmarks on Ptolemy's map.
About 330 m north-northwest of the above earthwork, and situated at the narrow isthmus between the bays of East and West Tarbet, an earthwork cuts across the neck of the Mull of Galloway south of the enclosed fields of the Mull farm. The bank is 2.3 m wide and 0.5 m high with possible facing stones exposed.
The Galloway Hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of western Galloway.They lie within the bounds of the Galloway Forest Park, an area of some 300 square miles (800 km 2) of largely uninhabited wild land, managed by Forestry and Land Scotland.