Annanhead Hill
Appearance
Annanhead Hill | |
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![]() Annanhead Hill above Devil's Beef Tub | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 478 m (1,568 ft)[1][2] |
Coordinates | 55°24′15″N 3°29′19″W / 55.40417°N 3.48861°W[2] |
Geography | |
9 km north of Moffat | |
Parent range | Moffat Hills |
OS grid | NT 05834 13251 |
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Annanhead Hill is a 478-metre (1,568 ft) summit in the Moffat Hills of Scotland. It lies on the boundary between the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Moffat, in the Southern Uplands.[1]
Annanhead is one of four hills encircling the Devil's Beef Tub, the headwaters of River Annan.[3]
The hill is crossed by the Annandale Way hiking trail designated in 2009.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Annanhead Hill". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Annanhead Hill". Trigpointing UK. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Louisa Finch (1 April 2013), "The big picture: The Devil's Beef Tub", Scotland Outdoors, archived from the original on 7 April 2013, retrieved 14 May 2013
- ^ "Route description: Moffat - Devils Beef Tub - Moffat", Annandale Way official website, Government of Scotland et al., retrieved 14 May 2013,
The Devil's Beef Tub section of this walk ... climb[s] onto Annanhead Hill and a range that rims the upper limits of the Annan catchment. ...
External links
Media related to Annanhead Hill at Wikimedia Commons
- The Moffat Hills at Summitpost.com
- "Topographic map of Annanhead Hill". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 11 June 2023.