Carsphairn and Scaur Hills

55°13′01″N 4°01′01″W / 55.217°N 4.0170°W / 55.217; -4.0170 The Carsphairn and Scaur Hills are the western and eastern hills respectively of a hill range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Ordnance Survey maps don't have a general name for the hill area as a whole. Also, Ordnance Survey use "Scar" rather than the local spelling of "Scaur" - the word is pronounced as "Scar" however. In their Landranger Series of maps, it requires four separate sheets to cover the area.[1]

The Burns Cairn in Glen Afton. The inscription on the cairn says "Flow Gently Sweet Afton. Robert Burns 1759–1796. Erected by New Cumnock Burns Club (500) to mark its golden jubilee 1973."
Looking east across Nithsdale to the Lowther Hills - from Cairnkinna.
  1. ^ "Printed Maps, Digital Maps, Online Maps, GPS Devices - Ordnance Survey Shop". ordnancesurvey.co.uk.