Scotland
Craiglee
523M
1716FT
About Craiglee
Sitting within the rugged heart of the Galloway Forest Park, this Marilyn offers a wild, pathless character typical of the Southern Uplands. Its granite-scattered slopes rise above the southern end of Loch Doon, providing a quieter, more solitary alternative to the higher peaks of the Awful Hand range nearby.
Key Statistics
Rank
180th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Galloway Hills
Prominence
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200
Nearest Town
Lamloch
Geology
Craiglee is built from the Kirkcolm Formation, a foundation of muddy sandstone known as wacke that was deposited by ancient underwater currents.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NX470962
Latitude
55.2367°N
Longitude
4.4065°W
Did You Know?
- •The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic Creag Liath, meaning 'Grey Crag,' which refers to the pale granite boulders and outcrops that pepper its upper slopes.
- •The summit provides a clear, earned vantage point over the Silver Flowe, a unique and internationally important blanket mire system that occupies the remote valley to the south.
- •Looking west from the cairn, walkers are treated to a full profile of the 'Awful Hand' range, with the ridges of Shalloch on Minnoch and Kirriereoch Hill clearly visible across the Gala Lane.
- •Galloway hillwalking is often defined by the 'Galloway Gruel'—a local term for the knee-deep mixture of bog and tussock—and the approach from the north ensures hikers experience this tradition in full.