Geographical object in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
The Lowther Hills,[1] also sometimes known as the Lowthers, are an extensive area of hill country in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, though some sub-ranges of hills in this area also go under their own local names - see "Hillwalking" below. They form a roughly rhomboidal or lozenge shape on the map with the acute angles being to north and south. It has river valleys along its boundaries to north east (Clydesdale) and south west (Nithsdale) which carry the two largest arterial routes northwards into the west side of the Central Belt of Scotland. A string of small towns have long since developed along these routes. Most of the Lowther Hills lie in the Administrative County of Dumfries and Galloway, though part in the administrative county of South Lanarkshire moves into them around the village of Leadhills and the Daer Reservoir.
View looking north into the Dalveen Pass from Capel Hill in the Durisdeer Hills with Steygail on the left, Lowther Hill left of centre and Cold Moss right of centre, Upper Dalveen House in the valley catching sunlight, Southern Uplands of Scotland.
^Ordnance Survey Landranger Maps no. 78 Nithsdale and Annandale and no. 72 Upper Clyde Valley
The LowtherHills, also sometimes known as the Lowthers, are an extensive area of hill country in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, though some sub-ranges...
LowtherHill is a hill in the LowtherHills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Although the hill lends its name to the range, it is the second...
Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the LowtherHills and 1 mile (2 kilometres) south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock...
railway is 1,498 feet (457 m) above sea level.[citation needed] The LowtherHills is one of the birthplaces of Scottish winter sports. Curling in Leadhills...
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the west coast railway line. This gap through the hills separates the Lowthers from the Moffat Hills. River Esk enters the Solway Firth just south of Gretna...
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Sutherland. There have been several attempts to run commercial mines. In the LowtherHills, Leadhills, and Wanlockhead areas gold prospecting and the extraction...
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Galloway Council and Scottish Borders Council; a short section in the LowtherHills lies in South Lanarkshire. It is primarily intended for walkers, but...
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Earncraig Hill is a hill in the LowtherHills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The lowest and craggiest Donald hill in the range, it lies...
is predominantly flat and agricultural, rising to the south with the LowtherHills of the Southern Uplands, with Culter Fell on the border with Peeblesshire...
Wedder Law is a hill in the LowtherHills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. With a flat, featureless summit, it is normally ascended as...
grant of £200, Bulmer returned to Scotland to search for gold in the LowtherHills in March 1605. He had 102 workmen at Bailliegill, Langcleuch, Alway...
the historic boundary between Scotland and England. It rises in the LowtherHills at Tweed's Well near to where the Clyde, draining northwest (10 kilometres...
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between two other ranges, the Galloway Hills to the west and the LowtherHills to the east. The overall shape of this hill area is oval with the longer curved...
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