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Kirriereoch Hill 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. It lies on the border of the old counties of Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, or the modern regions of Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire. A boundary wall near the summit is the highest point in South Ayrshire and Ayrshire as a whole. Kirriereoch Hill was classified as a Corbett and Marilyn but then deleted from these lists in 1984 due to not being thought to achieve the respective prominence criteria. In August 2015 the hill was relisted as a Marilyn[4] after having been surveyed to have a 150.2 m prominence. However, since this is less than the 152.4 m required, the hill will not be re-listed as a Corbett.[5]

Kirriereoch Hill
Highest point
Elevation	786 m (2,579 ft)[1]
Prominence	150.2 m[1]
Listing	Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim, D, CT,DN,Y,xC[2]
Naming
English translation	Scottish Gaelic: Hill of the Brindled Quarter[3]
Geography
Location	South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parent range	Range of the Awful Hand, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands
OS grid	NX 42093 86949
Topo map	OS Landranger 77

References

External links

• Information on Hill Walking in the Galloway Hills
• Photo Tour of hiking Kirriereoch and Tarfessock from Kirriereoch Car Park

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