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Southern Uplands and other geographical areas of Scotland The hills around Durisdeer from the A702 road Looking east across Nithsdale to the Lowther Hills – from Cairnkinna in the Scaur Hills Grey Mare's Tail in the Moffat Hills from the Bodesbeck Ridge in the Ettrick Hills Source of the River Clyde where the Daer Water meets the Potrail Water From Hart Fell looking west to the Devil's Beef Tub.
The Southern Upland Way is a 344-kilometre (214 mi) coast-to-coast long-distance footpath in southern Scotland. [2] The route links Portpatrick in the west and Cockburnspath in the east via the hills of the Southern Uplands. [1] The Way is designated as one of Scotland's Great Trails by NatureScot and is the longest of the 29 Great Trails. [1]
Scotland's mountain ranges can be divided in a roughly north to south direction into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two primarily belonging to the Scottish Lowlands. The highlands eponymously contains the country's main mountain ranges, but hills and mountains are to be found south of these as ...
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Cairnsmore of Carsphairn is a hill in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. An alternative name, rarely used nowadays, is Cairnsmore of Deugh . It is the highest hill in the range, and its summit is just under six kilometres ( 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) northeast of Carsphairn village as the crow flies , in the ...
The Southern Uplands are a range of hills almost 200 km (120 mi) long, interspersed with broad valleys. They lie south of a second fault line running from Ballantrae towards Dunbar . [ 10 ] The geological foundations largely comprise Silurian deposits laid down some 4-500 million years ago.
Queensberry is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The most southerly mountain in the range, it lies in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Juxta [3] and is a prominent landmark throughout Dumfriesshire. It is frequently climbed from the Daer Reservoir to the north and the minor roads to its south and east.
Dollar Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland.The third highest in the range and the Scottish Borders and fifth highest in southern Scotland, [5] it is frequently climbed with its neighbours Broad Law and Cramalt Craig to the southwest from their direction or as a detour from the hills to the northwest near Drumelzier.