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Annanhead Hill is a summit in the
Moffat Hills of Scotland. It lies on the boundary between the
Scottish Borders and
Dumfries and Galloway, north of
Moffat
Moffat ( gd, Mofad) is a burgh and parish in Dumfriesshire, now part of the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area in Scotland. It lies on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. It was a centre of the wool trade and a spa town.
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, in the
Southern Uplands
The Southern Uplands ( gd, Na Monaidhean a Deas) are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas (the other two being the Central Lowlands and the Grampian Mountains and the Highlands, as illustrate ...
.
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Annanhead is one of four hills encircling the ]Devil's Beef Tub
The Devil's Beef Tub (Marquis of Annandale's Beef-Tub, Beef-Stand, MacCleran's Loup) is a deep, dramatic hollow in the hills north of the Scottish town of Moffat. The hollow is formed by four hills, Great Hill, Peat Knowe, Annanhead Hill and Er ...
, the headwaters of River Annan
The River Annan (''Abhainn Anann'' in Gaelic) is a river in south-west Scotland. It rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub, Moffat and Lockerbie, reaching the sea at Annan, Dumfries and Galloway after about 40 miles. ...
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The hill is crossed by Annandale Way
The Annandale Way is a hiking trail in Scotland, which is officially designated by NatureScot as one of Scotland's Great Trails. It follows the valley of the River Annan from its source in the Moffat Hills to the sea in the Solway Firth south ...
hiking trail designated in 2009.
References
External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Annanhead Hill
The Moffat Hills
at Summitpost.com
Mountains and hills of the Southern Uplands
Mountains and hills of Dumfries and Galloway
Mountains and hills of the Scottish Borders