Corserine

{{Short description|Hill in the Southern Uplands of Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Corserine | native_name = {{langx|gd|A' Chroisrinn}} | image = Corserine.jpg | image_caption = | elevation_m = 814 | elevation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=1689|title = Corserine}}</ref> | prominence_m = 488 | prominence_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=1689|title = Corserine}}</ref> | listing = Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim, C, D,DN,Y<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hills-database.co.uk/database_notes.html#classification|title = Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide}}</ref> | translation = ''Cross of the Promontory'' (i.e. of the Rhinns of Kells) <ref name=PNGG>{{Cite web|url=https://kcb-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/place-names/?p=record&id=1854#10/55.1074/-4.1109|title = Place-Names of the Galloway Glens}}</ref> | language = Scottish Gaelic, possibly Scots | location = Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | range = Rhinns of Kells, Galloway Hills, Southern Uplands | grid_ref_UK = NX 49784 87065 | topo = OS ''Landranger'' 77 }}

'''Corserine''' ({{langx|gd|A' Chroisrinn}} <ref>{{cite book |author1=Michael Ansell |editor1-last=Ansell |editor1-first=Michael |editor2-last=Black |editor2-first=Ronald |editor3-last=Cowan |editor3-first=Edward J |title=Galloway: The Lost Province of Gaelic Scotland |publisher=John Dewar Publishers Ltd |page=201 |chapter=Re-evaluating the Gaelic Mountain Toponymy of the Galloway Highlands}}</ref>) is a hill in north of the Rhinns of Kells, a sub-range of the Galloway Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the highest point of the range and the second highest point in Galloway. The peak ridge goes east-west despite the Rhinns of Kells overall going north-south, so it was seen as lying 'across the Rhinns', which gave the hill its name in Gaelic.<ref name=PNGG></ref> The usual route of ascent is from the car park at Forrest Lodge to the east of the hill via Loch Harrow and North Gairy Top. Forest Lodge is a short drive from the village of St. John's Town of Dalry.

==Climbing== Because of the nature of the rock no good rock climbing has been recorded on Corserine or elsewhere on the Rhinns. However, in winter after a good freeze there are a number of good ice climbs of up to 150 m on the slopes of Milldown just south of Corserine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhinns of Kells |url=http://www.johnbiggar.com/rhinns-ice-climbing.asp |author=John Biggar |accessdate=2007-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026142427/http://www.johnbiggar.com/rhinns-ice-climbing.asp |archive-date=2007-10-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==External links== * [http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/corserine-hike.html Corserine tourist trail, map and large images] * [http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/corserine-to-meikle-millyea.html Corserine to Meikle Millyea trail, map and large images] * [http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/rhinns-of-kells.html Rhinns of Kells north hills from the Old Lead Mines at Casphairn, route, map and large images]

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