- For the drink, see Tinto de verano.
Tinto is a hill in
South Lanarkshire,
Scotland. Tinto is an outlying part of the
Southern Uplands, comprising little more than this one hill, which stands on the west bank of the
River Clyde, some eight kilometres west of
Biggar. The peak is also called "Tinto Tap", with the name Tinto possibly deriving from the
Scottish Gaelic word
teinnteach, meaning "fiery".
An old Scots children's rhyme tells of the "kist in the mist" at "Tinto tap", kist being the Scots word for chest.
It is accessible for walking (moderate to difficult) and is one of the premier locations for hanggliding and paragliding. Tinto is located near the small village of Thankerton.
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