Milldown

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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
Elevation748 m (2,454 ft)[1]
Prominence90 m (300 ft)[1]
ListingTu,Sim,D,sHu,GT,DN[2]
Naming
English translationScottish Gaelic: Brown, Round Hill [3][page needed][4]
Geography
LocationDumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parent rangeRhinns of Kells, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands
OS gridNX 51616 82555
Topo mapOS Landranger 77

Subsidiary SMC Summits

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Summit Height (m) Listing[5]
Millfire 716 DT,sSim[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Milldown". Hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ Chris Crocker. "Database of British and Irish Hills: user guide". Hills-database.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. ^ Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace (1887). Studies In The Topography Of Galloway (PDF). Edinburgh: David Douglas – via National Library of Scotland.
  4. ^ "Place-Names of the Galloway Glens".
  5. ^ "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
  6. ^ "Millfire".