Mullwharchar is a hill in the
Dungeon Hills
The Dungeon Hills are a range of hills in the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The central of three parallel ridges, they are neighboured by the Range of the Awful Hand to the west and the Rhinns of Kells to the ...
, a sub-range of the
Galloway Hills
The Galloway Hills are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and form the northern boundary of western Galloway. They lie within the bounds of the Galloway Forest Park, an area of some of largely uninhabited wild land, managed by Forestry an ...
range, part of the
Southern Uplands of
Scotland. Mullwarchar is situated to the north of
Loch Enoch
Loch Enoch is a multi-basin freshwater loch in Galloway, to the east of Merrick and south of Mullwharchar. The loch is situated in a granite basin and has several small islands and some beaches on its shore. The sharp granite sand of these bea ...
, west of
Corserine, northeast of
Merrick and east of
Kirriereoch Hill. There are 3 cliffs on the mountain named The Slock, The Tauchers and The Organ Pipes and some routes on these are occasionally climbed. Mullwharchar's summit is fairly flat and dotted with
erratics.
Nuclear Waste
A planning application was made in January 1978 to
Kyle and Carrick District Council by the
UKAEA
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is a UK government research organisation responsible for the development of fusion energy. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( ...
to test drill on Mullwharchar for the purpose of dumping
nuclear waste. On 24 October 1978, the Council rejected the application after considerable local protest, which included a petition with 100,000 signatures being sent to the Queen. The appeal against the decision cost £19,700.
References
Mountains and hills of the Southern Uplands
Marilyns of Scotland
Grahams
Donald mountains
Climbing areas of Scotland
Mountains and hills of Dumfries and Galloway
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