What is recorded here
Jock's Shoulder is a minor peak in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, with an elevation of approximately 400 to 500 metres. Its name may derive from local folklore or historical figures, though specific stories are not widely recorded; it serves as a notable landmark within the Dumfries and Galloway landscape.
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Places near here
Pot HillMountain / peak · 1210 yd
Dun MossMountain / peak · 1703 yd
GarrogillEnclosure(s) (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century), Field System (19th Century) · 1.3 mi
Cowan FellGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
DryfeheadBothy (20th Century), Shepherds Cottage (19th Century) · 1.4 mi
Old GarwaldshielsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Dundoran PlantationForest · 4.1 mi
Beldcraig WoodForest · 4.3 mi
PoldeanTower House (medieval) · 4.7 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 5.3 mi
Castle KnoweFort (prehistoric)(possible) · 5.8 mi
Lord Dowding MemorialMemorial · 6.0 miOther information
Photo: Michael Earnshaw · CC BY-SA 2.0