Millfore
Highest point
Elevation657 m (2,156 ft)[1]
Prominence250 m (820 ft)[2]
ListingMa,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,D,DN,Y[3]
Coordinates55°03′01″N 4°23′01″W / 55.0504°N 4.3836°W / 55.0504; -4.3836
Naming
English translationScottish Gaelic: Cold, Round Hill
Geography
LocationDumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parent rangeMinnigaff Hills, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands
OS gridNX 47812 75455
Topo mapOS Landranger 77

Millfore is a hill in the Minnigaff Hills, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies northeast of Newton Stewart in Galloway Forest Park, Dumfries and Galloway. One of the less-visited of the Galloway Hills, it nonetheless provides excellent views from its summit over its neighbours and Loch Dee.[4] Isolated from its westerly neighbours by the White Laggan glen, it is frequently climbed on its own from Clatteringshaws Loch to the east.[5]

References

  1. "Millfore".
  2. "Millfore".
  3. "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
  4. "Walkinghighlands Millfore". walkinghighlands.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. "Millfore".


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