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Whitehope Heights

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Whitehope Heights
Highest point
Elevation637 m (2,090 ft)[1]
Prominence109 m (358 ft)[1]
ListingHu,Tu,Sim,D,GT,DN,Y[2]
Geography
LocationDumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Parent rangeMoffat Hills, Southern Uplands
OS gridNT 09575 13898
Topo mapOS Landranger 78

Whitehope Heights is a hill in the Moffat Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The lowest Donald hill in the range, it is separated from Hart Fell by a steep grassy cleuch known as The Gyle. Like its neighbour, the Dumfries and Galloway-Scottish Borders border runs along its summit.[3] The southern slopes of the hill are part of the Corehead hill farm, an area owned by the Borders Forest Trust for the purposes of habitat regeneration; as a result, a large deer fence lines the boundary.[4] East of the Devil's Beef Tub and Annandale Way, it is most frequently climbed from this direction, but ascents from Hart Fell are also common.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Whitehope Heights". www.hill-bagging.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Database of British and Irish Hills: user guide". www.hills-database.co.uk.
  3. ^ "New Donalds Map". www.mountainsofscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Corehead & Devil's Beef Tub - Borders Forest Trust". bordersforesttrust.org. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Whitehope Heights". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.