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Craignaw

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There is some good but short rock climbing on Craignaw at Snibe Hill, Memorial Crag and Scotland Slab. However, in winter after a good freeze the broken ground on the east side of the hill has some of the best ice climbs in Southern Scotland with routes of up to 150 m in length. The most famous
176:. Near the north end of the hill is an interesting area of terrain known as the "Deil's Bowlin' Green" where various rounded granite boulders are scatterd at random over an area of nearly horizontal granite slabs. These are believed to be 172:. Unlike many hills in the Southern Uplands, Craignaw has a complex and rocky summit area, with a long line of crags and rough ground on the east side. The hill is largely composed of 192:
pilots who were killed in the accident (Captains Spaulding and Hetzner). Although the crash happened on 19 December 1979 there are still small amounts of aircraft debris in the area.
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Craignaw is quite a remote hill and climbing it is a long and rough walk from the road-ends at either Craigencallie or Bruces Stane.
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or result from a similar glacier process. On the west side of the hill, near
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crash site. The site is marked by a small memorial to the two
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Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Ma
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Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Parent range
Dungeon Hills
Galloway Hills
Southern Uplands
OS grid
NX 45925 83332
Topo map
OS
Dungeon Hills
Galloway Hills
Southern Uplands
Scotland
granite
glacial erratics
grid reference
F-111E Aardvark
U.S. Air Force
Craignaw Photo Tour
waterfall

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