Tarfessock Explained

Tarfessock
Elevation M:694.2
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:68.5
Prominence Ref:[2]
Listing:Tu,Sim,D,GT,DN[3]
Location:South Ayrshire, Scotland
Range:Range of the Awful Hand, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands
Grid Ref Uk:NX 40906 89186
Topo:OS Landranger 77

Tarfessock is a hill in the Range of the Awful Hand, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. A craggy hill, it is the lowest Donald in the range, being completely obscured by Kirriereoch Hill when viewed from the Merrick. A nearby south top is dotted with a series of lochans. A farmhouse of the same name is located to the west,[4] which along with the hill was at one time the property of the Marquess of Ailsa.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tarfessock, South Ayrshire (DG8 6TA) . OS GetOutside . 2020-04-11.
  2. Web site: Mountain Search.
  3. Web site: Mountain Search.
  4. Ayrshire, Sheet LXIII (includes: Barr; Minnigaff). 1858. Ordnance Survey.
  5. Book: Ayrshire Ordnance Survey Name Book . Ordnance Survey . 9. OS1/3/9/51. ScotlandsPlaces. 51, 55.
  6. Web site: Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide.
  7. Web site: Tarfessock South Top.

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