English / Map Form: Finen Hill
Gaelic Form: Am Fionnan
Post Town: STRANRAER
Postcode area: DG9
County: Wigtownshire
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
English / Map Form: Finen Hill
Gaelic Form: Am Fionnan
Sources
Finen 1849 OS Six-inch 1st Ed.
FÌNEN Hill. ‘Kirkcolm.’ See Pont’s rendering of Fingland. Maxwell 1887: 182
Additional Information
FINEN HILL
About 4 miles N.W. [North West] from KirKcolm village is Finen Hill. It is a remarkable hill, So Conspicuous, at Sea, as to be Considered by Sailors, as a Sea -Mark. it is bounded On One Side by the Sea, On which Side there is a Steep precipice.- OS1/35/2/80
The hill could be described as a very large sand dune and likely takes its name from this sand.
