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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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.

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 Fell 748.3 m 1.9 km
Gathersnow Hill 688 m 4.8 km
Hudderstone 626 m 5.5 km
Hillshaw Head 652 m 6.1 km
Drumelzier Law 668 m 8.2 km
Middle Hill 717.2 m 9.3 km