Cairn Hill West Top [Hangingstone Hill]
743 m in Northumberland and Scottish Borders. The nearest trig pillar is Cheviot, 1.8 km away.
- Height
- 743 m
- Drop
- 5 m
- Position
- 55.46746, -2.16649
- DoBIH number
- 1846
The hill
701st of 2,342 by height.
743 m, with 5 m of drop — 2264th most prominent of the 2,342 hills on a list here. It is tall but not especially prominent: a high point on a bigger ridge rather than a hill standing alone. Classed as historic county top and administrative county top.
On the ground
In the log book · page 47
The page for your Cairn Hill West Top day is already printed.

The contours around it, the historic county, height and rank, the three nearest county tops with their distance and bearing, and the lines to fill in: the date, companions, route, times and weather. One page for each of the 85, in a book that stays on the shelf long after the round is done.
A5 paperback · 85 top pages · A gift for anyone with a few tops done
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Summit pillar
No pillar on this summit.
The nearest is Cheviot, station PP308, 1.8 km away.
CheviotAlso on
2 lists.
Nearby
Twelve pillars within ten kilometres.
- CheviotPP308 · standing · 817 m1.8 km
- Kings SeatNT72/T56 · standing · 532 m2.6 km
- Hedgehope HillNT72/17 · standing · 716 m4.8 km
- Bloodybush EdgeNT72/T11 · standing · 610 m5.0 km
- Windy GyleNT72/37 · standing · 621 m5.7 km
- The CurrNT72/T98 · standing · 564 m6.0 km
The six nearest are listed.