Tarfessock is a hill in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. A craggy hill, it is the lowest Donald in the range, being completely obscured by Kirriereoch Hill when viewed from the Merrick. A nearby south top is dotted with a series of lochans. A farmhouse of the same name is located to the west,[4] which along with the hill was at one time the property of the Marquess of Ailsa.[5]

Tarfessock
Highest point
Elevation694.2 m (2,278 ft)[1]
Prominence68.5 m (225 ft)[2]
ListingTu,Sim,D,GT,DN[3]
Geography
LocationSouth Ayrshire, Scotland
Parent rangeRange of the Awful Hand, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands
OS gridNX 40906 89186
Topo mapOS Landranger 77

Subsidiary SMC Summits

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Summit Height (m) Listing[6]
Tarfessock South Top 620 DT,sSim[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Tarfessock, South Ayrshire (DG8 6TA)". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mountain Search".
  3. ^ "Mountain Search".
  4. ^ Ayrshire, Sheet LXIII (includes: Barr; Minnigaff) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 1858.
  5. ^ Ayrshire Ordnance Survey Name Book. Vol. 9. Ordnance Survey. pp. 51, 55. OS1/3/9/51 – via ScotlandsPlaces.
  6. ^ "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
  7. ^ "Tarfessock South Top".
 
Tarfessock farm house