Milldown is a hill in the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is located immediately north of Meikle Millyea - between these two hills lie the Lochans of Auchniebut, a series of small water bodies at an approximate elevation of 650m - possibly the highest permanent water bodies in the Southern Uplands. As well as this, the hill is also flanked on its SW side by forest plantation - possibly the highest planted commercial forestry in the Southern Uplands. Like most of its neighbours, it is most easily climbed from the east at Forrest Lodge.[1]
| Milldown | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 748 m (2,454 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 90 m (300 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Tu,Sim,D,sHu,GT,DN[2] |
| Naming | |
| English translation | Scottish Gaelic: Brown, Round Hill [3][page needed][4] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |
| Parent range | Rhinns of Kells, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands |
| OS grid | NX 51616 82555 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 77 |
| Summit | Height (m) | Listing[5] |
|---|---|---|
| Millfire | 716 | DT,sSim[6] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Milldown". Hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Chris Crocker. "Database of British and Irish Hills: user guide". Hills-database.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace (1887). Studies In The Topography Of Galloway (PDF). Edinburgh: David Douglas – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Place-Names of the Galloway Glens".
- ^ "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
- ^ "Millfire".