Corserine
{{Short description|Hill in the Southern Uplands of Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Corserine
| photo = Corserine.jpg
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 814
| elevation_ref = {{Cite web|url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=1689|title = Corserine}}
| prominence_m = 488
| prominence_ref = {{Cite web|url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=1689|title = Corserine}}
| listing = Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim, C, D,DN,Y{{Cite web|url=http://www.hills-database.co.uk/database_notes.html#classification|title = Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide}}
| translation = Scots, Scottish Gaelic: Cross of the Promontory{{cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rinn#Irish |title=rinn - Wiktionary |publisher=En.wiktionary.org |date=2019-09-30 |accessdate=2020-04-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/corse_v|title=Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: SND :: Corse V}}{{Cite web|url=https://kcb-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/place-names/?p=record&id=1854#10/55.1074/-4.1109|title = Place-Names of the Galloway Glens}}
| language =
| location = Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
| range = Rhinns of Kells, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands
| grid_ref_UK = NX 49784 87065
| topo = OS Landranger 77
}}
Corserine is a hill in the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The highest point of the range and the second highest point in Galloway, the usual route of ascent is from the car park at Forrest Lodge to the east of the hill via Loch Harrow and North Gairy Top. Forest Lodge is a short drive from the village of St. John's Town of Dalry.
Climbing
Because of the nature of the rock no good rock climbing has been recorded on Corserine or elsewhere on the Rhinns. However, in winter after a good freeze there are a number of good ice climbs of up to 150 m on the slopes of Milldown just south of Corserine.{{Cite web |title=Rhinns of Kells |url=http://www.johnbiggar.com/rhinns-ice-climbing.asp |author=John Biggar |accessdate=2007-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026142427/http://www.johnbiggar.com/rhinns-ice-climbing.asp |archive-date=2007-10-26 |url-status=dead }}
External links
- [http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/corserine-hike.html Corserine tourist trail, map and large images]
- [http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/corserine-to-meikle-millyea.html Corserine to Meikle Millyea trail, map and large images]
- [http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/rhinns-of-kells.html Rhinns of Kells north hills from the Old Lead Mines at Casphairn, route, map and large images]
References
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Category:Mountains and hills of the Southern Uplands
Category:Mountains and hills of Dumfries and Galloway
Category:Climbing areas of Scotland
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