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Summit · Dumfries and Galloway · 842 m

Merrick

Name: Merrick
Address: United Kingdom

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Historic County Top (CoH): The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county.
Historic - traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. In the UK they were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function. In the Republic of Ireland, most of the original counties are still real and important.

County Top: Dumfries and Galloway Kirkcucbrightshire (CoH) Dumfries & Galloway (CoA)
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Classification: Ma,C,Sim,D,HHB,CoH,CoU,CoA
Meters/Feet: 843/2766
Feature: trig point in shelter
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
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Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.

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NX 42757 85550

55.139271, -4.468411

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55°08'21.4"N 4°28'06.3"W

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30U 406397 6111273

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