Scotland
Kenlum Hill
305M
1001FT
About Kenlum Hill
Sitting at the southern edge of the Galloway Forest Park, this modest summit offers a quiet vantage point over the Water of Fleet. While only just clearing the thousand-foot mark, its position provides clear sights toward the rugged granite tops of the Galloway Hills and the glinting Solway Firth.
Key Statistics
Rank
585th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Southern Uplands
Prominence
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108m
Nearest Town
Anwoth
Geology
Kenlum Hill is formed from the Cairnharrow Formation. You’re walking on an ancient, gritty type of sandstone known as wacke.
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NX564585
Latitude
54.9008°N
Longitude
4.2397°W
Did You Know?
- •The name likely derives from the Gaelic ceann, meaning head or hill, paired with the Scots lum, which often describes a chimney-like feature or a narrow, steep-sided hollow in the terrain.
- •Reaching exactly 1,001 feet, the hill clears the thousand-foot milestone by the narrowest of margins, a distinction that secures its classification as a Hump.
- •The summit provides an excellent perspective of the Fleet Valley viaduct to the west, a striking relic of the 'Portroad' railway line that once cut through this remote landscape.
- •To the south, the view extends across the coastal levels of Wigtown Bay, while the massive, rounded bulk of Cairnsmore of Fleet looms nearby to the west.