Tinto

Tinto
Tinto from the south
Elevation	711 m (2,333 ft)
Prominence	c. 446 m
Listing	Marilyn, Graham, Donald
Translation	?Fire hill (Gaelic/Brythonic)
Pronunciation	English: /ˈtɪntoʊ/
Location
Location	South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Range	Southern Uplands
Topo map	OS Landranger 72
OS grid	NS953344

This article is about the hill in Scotland. For the drink, see Tinto de verano. For the commune in Cameroon, see Tinto, Cameroon.

Tinto is a hill in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Tinto is an outlying part of the Southern Uplands, comprising little more than this one hill, which stands on the west bank of the River Clyde, some eight kilometres west of Biggar. The peak is also called "Tinto Tap", with the name Tinto possibly deriving from the Scottish Gaelic word teinnteach, meaning "fiery".

An old Scots children's rhyme tells of the "kist in the mist" at "Tintock tap", kist being the Scots word for "chest".

On Tintock tap, there is a mist,

And in that mist, there is a kist,

And in that kist, there is a cup,

And in that cup, there is a drap.

Tak' up that cup, and drink that drap, that's in yon kist, on Tintock tap!

It is accessible for walking (moderate to difficult) and is one of the premier locations for hanggliding and paragliding. Tinto is located near the small villages of Thankerton and Wiston.

Tinto is also the venue for one of the most popular hill running races in Scotland which is held annually in November.

External links

• http://www.carnethy.com/ri_tinto.htm