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List of Marilyns in the Scottish Lowlands

Class Height
Corbetts 2500 – 3000 ft 762 – 914 m
Grahams 2000 – 2500 ft 610 – 762 m
Marilyn –2000 ft –610 m

This is a list of the 143 Marilyns in Lowlands of Scotland.

Marilyns are hills in the British Isles with a relative height of at least irrespective of height. The list was compiled by Alan Dawson and published in The Relative Hills of Britain.

Included in the list are all Corbetts and Grahams in this part of Scotland. Corbetts are Scottish mountains that are 2500–3000 ft (762.0–914.4 m) high with a relative height of . The list was compiled in the 1920s by John Rooke Corbett, a Bristol-based climber and SMC member, and was published posthumously after it was passed to the SMC by his sister. (A metric definition requiring 150 m of relative height is sometimes used; use of the broader definition does not result in any additional summits being included.) Grahams are Scottish mountains that are 2000–2500 ft (609.6–762.0 m) high. The list of hills fitting these criteria was first published by Alan Dawson in The Relative Hills of Britain under the provisional name Elsies (LCs, short for Lesser Corbetts). They were later named Grahams after the late Fiona Torbet (née Graham) who had compiled a similar list around the same time.

In the tables below, rows have be coloured according to which lists the hills are on.

In the parent column, the prominence parent is used, as opposed to any other definition of 'parent'. The prominence parent of peak A can be found by dividing the island or region in question into territories, by tracing the runoff from the key col of every peak that is higher than peak A. The parent is the peak whose territory peak A resides in.

Of the 143 Marilyns on this list, 7 are Corbetts, 22 are Grahams and 114 are none of those.

Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose

Peak Height (m) Prom. (m) Col (m) Grid ref. Parent
Ben Cleuch 721 595 126 Ben Vorlich
Earl's Seat 578 511 67 Ben Lomond
West Lomond 522 405 117 Ben Cleuch
Craigowl Hill 455 393 62 Lochnagar
Duncolm 401 308 93 Earl's Seat
Stronend 511 286 225 Earl's Seat
Dumglow 379 251 128 Ben Cleuch
Meikle Bin 570 237 333 Earl's Seat
Innerdouny Hill 497 228 269 Ben Cleuch
Benarty Hill 356 228 128 Dumglow
Lendrick Hill 456 222 234 Innerdouny Hill
King's Seat 377 219 158 Craigowl Hill
Norman's Law 285 209 76 Innerdouny Hill
Largo Law 290 197 93 West Lomond
Dumyat 418 190 228 Ben Cleuch
Moncreiffe Hill 223 186 37 Auchnafree Hill
Bishop Hill 461 179 282 West Lomond
Turin Hill 252 179 73 Craigowl Hill
Steele's Knowe 485 177 308 Innerdouny Hill
Carleatheran 485 168 317 Stronend
Mount Hill 221 163 58 Norman's Law
East Lomond 448 155 293 West Lomond
Cairnie Hill 228 150 78 Innerdouny Hill

South-West Scotland

Ayr to the River Clyde

Peak Height (m) Prom. (m) Col (m) Grid ref. Parent
Hill of Stake 522 489 33 Broad Law
Tinto 711 443 268 Broad Law
Nutberry Hill 522 270 252 Tinto
Brown Carrick Hill 287 228 59 Merrick
Dungavel Hill 510 224 286 Tinto
Blaeloch Hill 407 185 222 Hill of Stake
Corse Hill 376 173 203 Nutberry Hill
Common Hill 488 172 316 Nutberry Hill
Middlefield Law 466 168 298 Nutberry Hill

Carrick and Galloway

Peak Height (m) Prom. (m) Col (m) Grid ref. Parent
Merrick 843 705 138 Helvellyn
Cairnsmore of Fleet 711 522 189 Merrick
Corserine 814 488 326 Merrick
Lamachan Hill 717 453 264 Merrick
Ailsa Craig 340 340 Sea none
Beneraird 439 307 132 Merrick
Cairnharrow 456 303 153 Cairnsmore of Fleet
Cairnsmore (Black Craig of Dee) 493 295 198 Corserine
Millfore 657 250 407 Lamachan Hill
Fell of Fleet 470 248 222 Cairnsmore of Fleet
Bengray 366 234 132 Fell of Fleet
Craignell 477 231 246 Millfore
Knockdolian 265 201 64 Merrick
Craiglee (Loch Doon) 523 200 323 Merrick
Craiglee (Glen Trool) 531 197 334 Merrick
Shalloch on Minnoch 775 194 581 Merrick
Mullwharchar 692 187 505 Merrick
Craigenreoch 565 176 389 Shalloch on Minnoch
Cairn Pat 182 163 19 Beneraird
Pibble Hill 383 159 224 Cairnharrow
White Top of Culreoch 344 157 187 Bengray
Grey Hill 297 154 143 Shalloch on Minnoch
Craignaw 645 151 494 Merrick
Troweir Hill 296 151 145 Grey Hill

The Glenkens to Annandale

Peak Height (m) Prom. (m) Col (m) Grid ref. Parent
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn 797 582 215 Merrick
Criffel 570 488 82 Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Green Lowther 732 424 308 Broad Law
Queensberry 697 363 334 Green Lowther
Bengairn 391 338 53 Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Cairn Table 594 321 273 Tinto
Wether Hill 535 247 288 Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Colt Hill 598 243 355 Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Blackcraig Hill 700 235 465 Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Bogrie Hill 432 228 204 Wether Hill
Wauk Hill 357 218 139 Colt Hill
Windy Standard 698 212 486 Blackcraig Hill
Ballencleuch Law 689 204 485 Queensberry
Well Hill 606 200 406 Ballencleuch Law
Bainloch Hill 287 189 98 Criffel
Bennan 398 186 212 Wether Hill
Fell Hill 417 184 233 Wether Hill
Bishop Forest Hill 392 175 217 Bogrie Hill
Hods Hill 569 173 396 Queensberry
Woodhead Hill 258 166 92 Bennan
Kirkland Hill 511 163 348 Cairn Table
Hightown Hill 250 162 88 Queensberry
Benbeoch 463 160 303 Windy Standard
Green Hill 588 158 430 Green Lowther
Cairnkinna Hill 554 156 398 Blackcraig Hill
Cairn Hill 451 156 295 Green Lowther
Mochrum Fell 317 153 164 Fell Hill
See Morris Hill 240 151 89 Bennan

Firth of Forth to the English Border

Firth of Forth to the River Tweed

Peak Height (m) Prom. (m) Col (m) Grid ref. Parent
Windlestraw Law 659 461 198 Broad Law
Broughton Heights 571 347 224 Windlestraw Law
Scald Law 579 312 267 Windlestraw Law
Blackhope Scar 651 282 369 Windlestraw Law
Meikle Says Law 535 267 268 Blackhope Scar
Black Mount 516 257 259 Broughton Heights or Scald Law
Meigle Hill 423 256 167 Windlestraw Law
Allermuir Hill 493 235 258 Scald Law
Wether Law 479 212 267 Blackhope Scar
Penvalla 537 190 347 Broughton Heights
Black Hill 501 184 317 Scald Law
Arthur's Seat 251 174 77 Allermuir Hill
Black Hill 314 171 143 Meikle Says Law
East Cairn Hill 567 169 398 Scald Law
North Berwick Law 187 168 19 Blackhope Scar
Mendick Hill 451 165 286 East Cairn Hill
Broomy Law 426 165 261 Broughton Heights or Black Mount
Cairnpapple Hill 312 165 147 East Cairn Hill
Trahenna Hill 549 164 385 Broughton Heights
White Meldon 427 159 268 Wether Law
Dirrington Great Law 398 157 241 Meikle Says Law
Spartleton 468 156 312 Meikle Says Law
Sell Moor Hill  423 150 273 Meikle Says Law

The River Tweed to the English Border

Peak Height (m) Prom. (m) Col (m) Grid ref. Parent
Broad Law 840 653 187 Merrick
White Coomb 821 374 447 Broad Law
Ettrick Pen 692 358 334 White Coomb
Culter Fell 748 350 398 White Coomb
Wisp Hill 595 261 334 Ettrick Pen
Cauldcleuch Head 619 256 363 The Cheviot
Roan Fell 568 256 312 Cauldcleuch Head
Dun Rig 744 243 501 Broad Law
Calkin Rig 451 230 221 Ettrick Pen
Pikethaw Hill 564 226 338 Wisp Hill
Minch Moor 567 213 354 Dun Rig
Gathersnow Hill 688 210 478 Culter Fell
Goseland Hill 435 202 233 Culter Fell
Cademuir Hill 416 201 215 Dun Rig
Hart Fell 808 200 608 White Coomb
Rubers Law 424 196 228 Peel Fell
Croft Head 637 194 443 Ettrick Pen
Andrewhinney Hill 677 192 485 Ettrick Pen
Law Kneis 498 189 309 Pikethaw Hill
Blackwood Hill 447 189 258 Peel Fell
Turner Cleuch Law 551 179 372 Andrewhinney Hill
Linton Hill 282 176 106 The Cheviot
Eildon Mid Hill 422 173 249 Pikethaw Hill
The Wiss 589 170 419 Andrewhinney Hill
Hownam Law 449 167 282 The Cheviot
Greatmoor Hill 599 163 436 Cauldcleuch Head
Ellson Fell 537 163 374 Cauldcleuch Head
Cacra Hill 471 162 309 Pikethaw Hill
Lamington Hill 492 161 331 Gathersnow Hill
Capel Fell 678 159 519 Ettrick Pen
Ward Law 594 158 436 Andrewhinney Hill
Deuchar Law 543 155 388 Dun Rig
Larriston Fell 512 155 357 Sighty Crag
Scaw'd Fell 549 154 395 Croft Head
Grange Fell 319 154 165 Calkin Rig
Belling Hill 354 152 202 Peel Fell

Notes

Sell Moor Hill has been discovered to be a Marilyn since the publication of The Relative Hills of Britain and is therefore not listed in the book.

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