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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5215,Lat: 55.151
Elevation	93 meter above sea level
Local time	17:22:49pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Lochar
Other place with same name 1	Shieldhill Scotland - Falkirk
Other place with same name 2	Shieldhill Scotland - South Lanarkshire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kirkmichael Mains	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Nethermill	2.9 km	NorthEast
3 Parkgate	3.2 km	North
4 Amisfield	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Tinwald	4.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	85 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	127 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	166 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Daer Reservoir (2.2 km² at a distance of 21.9 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 31.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 98%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

1.8%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.9%

Agriculture

72.5 km2

92.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shieldhill in country Scotland

Shieldhill at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	North
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	61 km	EastSouthEast
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Shieldhill
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lochmaben

Type of weather in Lochmaben	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	08:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:01 Europe/Amsterdam