Knee of Cairnsmore
Knee of Cairnsmore is the 2948th highest peak in the British Isles and the 2358th tallest in Scotland
Elevation
657.0 m (2156 ft)
Prominence
38.0 m (125 ft)
Category
- Simm
- Donald Top
Parent peak
Nearest town
Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway
OS map sheets
OS50: 083 (Newton Stewart & Kirkcudbright, Gatehouse of Fleet)OS25: 319 (Galloway Forest Park South)
Notes & comments
cairn at NX 50951 65393 corresponds to GR in 1990 Munro's Tables and earlier. The 1997 tables give a position 250m N of this. Large scale mapping indicates the N summit is 1m higher.