Global InformationList of Donald mountains information
| Donald | |
|---|---|
 Merrick in the Southern Uplands is the Donald with both the greatest height and the greatest prominence, and is also a Corbett. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | over 2,000 ft (609.6 m) |
| Prominence | complex formula but Donald Hills have over 100 feet (30.5 m) |
| Geography | |
| Location | 140 SMC Donalds * 89 Scottish Lowland Donald Hills * 51 Scottish Lowland Donald Tops 118 New Donalds * 89 Scottish Lowland Donald Hills * 29 Scottish Lowland Donald Tops |
This is a list of Donald mountains in Scotland by height. Donalds were defined in 1935 by Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") member Percy Donald, as Scottish Lowlands mountains over 2,000 feet (609.6 m) in height, the general requirement to be called a "mountain" in the British Isles, and over 100 feet (30.5 m) in prominence, and which also had "sufficient topographical merit" that he outlined in a complex formula.[1][2]
This formula splits Donalds into Donald Hills and Donald Tops. The SMC define Donald Tops as: "elevations in the Scottish Lowlands of at least 2000ft (610m) in height with a drop of at least 50ft (15.2m) between each elevation and any higher elevation. Further, elevations separated from higher elevations by a drop of less than 100ft (30.5m) are required to have "sufficient topographical merit". In addition, the SMC define Donald Hills as being: "defined from Donald Tops, where a Hill is the highest Top with a separation of 17 units or less. A unit is either one-twelfth of a mile along a Top's connecting ridge or 50ft (30.5m) in elevation between the Top and its connecting bealach/col. The separation is the sum of these two measures."[3][2]
The SMC note that: "Percy Donald's original Tables are seen as a complete entity, unlike the Munros, Corbetts and Grahams"; thus many Donalds are also Corbetts or Grahams.[3][4] Percy Donald's original 1935 list recorded 133 Donalds,[a] however since 1997,[b] the SMC records 140 Donalds in the Scottish lowlands, split into 89 Donald Hills and 51 Donald Tops.[3] While the prominence of Donald Hills is over 100 feet (30.5 m), the prominence of a Donald Top can range from 16 feet (4.9 m), as in the case of Cairn Hill West Top, to 220 feet (67.1 m), in the case of Beninner.[4]
New Donalds were introduced by Alan Dawson in his 1995 book, The Grahams and the New Donalds,[6] with a prominence threshold of 30 m (98.4 ft), and that the location was south of the Highland Boundary Fault;[5] there are 118 New Donalds, and while all Donald Hills are New Donalds, 22 Donald Tops are not.[7] Climbers who climb all SMC Donalds are called Donaldists, the first being Percy Donald on 23 May 1933; a list is maintained.[8][9]
- ^ "The Donalds and Donald Tops". HillBaggingUK. 2018.
The Donalds are named after Percy Donald and his list of hills over 2000 feet in the Scottish Lowlands. They are based on a complicated formula for determining separate hills, and originally comprised 87 hills plus a number of other named "Tops".
- ^ a b Bearhop, D.A. (1997). Munro's Tables. Scottish Mountaineering Club & Trust. ISBN 0-907521-53-3.
- ^ a b c "Donalds". Scottish Mountaineering Club. 2018.
There are currently 89 Donald Hills and a further 51 Donald Tops. A complete round of The Donalds should include all 140 summits. Percy Donald's original Tables are seen as a complete entity, unlike the Munros, Corbetts and Grahams.
- ^ a b Chris Cocker; Graham Jackson (2018). "The Donalds 1953-2015". Database of British and Irish Hills.
- ^ a b c Alan Dawson (May 1995). "Review: The Grahams and the New Donalds". The Relative Hills of Britain.
- ^ Alan Dawson; Dave Hewitt (1995). The Grahams and the New Donalds. TACit Press. ISBN 9780953437603.
- ^ "The New Donalds". HillBaggingUK. 2018.
The New Donalds are an attempt to rationalize the qualifying criteria, being "hills in Central or Southern Scotland at least 2000 feet high (610m) with a drop of at least 30 metres (98 feet) all round". All New Donalds are either a Donald or a Donald Top, but some of the Donald Tops do not qualify as New Donalds.
- ^ Dave Hewitt (October 2018). "Donald List Completions". Scottish Mountaineering Club.
- ^ Clerk of the List (October 2018). "Compleators". Scottish Mountaineering Club.
The SMC hold a record of Munros, Corbetts, Grahams and Donalds compleators.
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