Scotland

Chapelgill Hill

DonaldHuMPSimm

2 classifications here — HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
698 m · 2,290 ft
Prominence
108.7 m
Grid reference
NT 06711 30374
Coordinates
55.55813, -3.48055
County / area
Scottish Borders
OS Landranger
72
OS Explorer
336
Summit feature
ground 7m NW of cairn
Key col
NT 0564 2998 (589.3 m)

Access rights here

Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.

Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland ·check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 55.558, -3.481. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

cairn is 25cm lower; summit 45m W at NT 06666 30372 is 20cm lower.

The recorded summit point is ground 7m NW of cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Record revised
06-Feb-22
Drop measured from
NT 0564 2998 · 589.3 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Chapelgill Hill
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Coulter Village HallRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass5.4 km · NW
Biggar Rugby Football ClubPub/bar/nightclubPass6.1 km · N
Biggar Golf ClubPub/bar/nightclubImprovement required7.1 km · N

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Chapelgill Hill is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Culter Fell (748 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 589 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Culter Fell748.3 m1.9 km
Gathersnow Hill688 m4.8 km
Hudderstone626 m5.5 km
Hillshaw Head652 m6.1 km
Drumelzier Law668 m8.2 km
Middle Hill717.2 m9.3 km