Scotland
Meikle Mulltaggart
612M
2006FT
About Meikle Mulltaggart
Rising just above the 2,000-foot threshold in the Galloway Forest Park, this rounded Tump offers the quiet, remote character typical of the Southern Uplands. Its broad, grassy slopes provide a sense of solitude, sitting in the high moorland between the Rhinns of Kells and the prominent mass of Cairnsmore of Carsphairn.
Key Statistics
Rank
64th Highest in Region
Parent Range
Southern Uplands
Prominence
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51.9m
Nearest Town
Bardrochwood
Geology
You are walking on solid granite from the Cairnsmore of Fleet, formed when a massive pool of molten rock cooled and hardened deep underground.
Classifications
Nearby Fells
Find It
OS Grid Reference
NX511678
Latitude
54.9826°N
Longitude
4.3269°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is a linguistic hybrid: 'Meikle' is Scots for great or large, while Mulltaggart is a corruption of the Gaelic Mhaoil an t-Sagairt, meaning the priest's rounded hill.
- •From the summit, walkers are rewarded with a clear perspective of the Rhinns of Kells ridge to the south and the deep valley of the Water of Deugh to the east.
- •The hill is frequently climbed in tandem with its lower neighbour, Little Mulltaggart, which lies to the northwest and forms part of the same remote upland plateau.
- •At 611 metres, the hill only narrowly exceeds the 2,000-foot mark, a height that transforms it from a local moorland rise into a more significant undertaking for those tracking Scottish 'two-thousand-footers'.