Under Saddle Yoke is a hill in the
Moffat Hills
The Moffat Hills are a range of hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They form a roughly triangular shape with a west facing side, a north facing side, and a south-east facing side. It is 17 kilometres from east to west across this triangl ...
range, part of the
Southern Uplands
The Southern Uplands () are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Lowlands and the Highlands). The term is used both to describe the geographical region and to col ...
of
Scotland
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. Despite its name, it is 10m higher than its neighbouring top, Saddle Yoke. Located in a dramatic position on a small, grassy ridge in between two deep glens, Blackhope and
Carrifran, it awards excellent views into the rest of the Moffat Hills and the
Ettrick Hills
The Ettrick Hills are a range of hills that are part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. They are neighboured to the northwest by the Moffat Hills and are located mainly within the Scottish Borders; however, the Dumfries and Galloway border cov ...
opposite. Although incomparable to the
Scottish Highlands
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and not particularly precipitous, the ridge between and atop the Yokes is the narrowest summit ridge in the Southern Uplands. The electric fence that comes out of Blackshope and crosses the ridge to the north of Saddle Yoke and then continues down into Carrifran hasn't worked in 40 years. A popular round known as the Hart Fell Horseshoe begins near Blackshope and normally ascends Nether Coomb Craig first, then passing over
Swatte Fell,
Hart Fell
Hart Fell is a hill in the Moffat Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies north of the town of Moffat on the border with the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.
A broad, rolling hill, is visible from the M74 moto ...
and looping round Hartfell Rig to the Saddle Yokes before the descent.
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Summits
References
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Donald mountains
Mountains and hills of the Southern Uplands
Mountains and hills of Dumfries and Galloway