Talk:Dumyat

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Prominence[edit]

Figuring out Dumyat's topographic prominence is a bit tricky. It looks as if the "lowest contour that encircles it and no higher summit" (the definition from that article) is the 205m contour that passes through Lossburn Reservoir (and divides Dumyat from Myreton Hill), yielding a prominence of 418-205 = 213m. This fairly low number is because of the hight of the Sherrifmuir plateau - the hill's south slope falls all the way to the carse above the Devon, which is around 15 metres (giving a drop of 413 metres or so). I took these readings from the OS Explorer 366 1:25,000 scale map. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 22:45, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Todo[edit]

This is mostly a to-do for me:

add some topographic info (including mention of the cliffs to the south, and sherrifmuir to the north)
stuff about the beacon and the argyle's monument on top
hydrology (some drains into the Devon, the rest into the inchna burns and eventually into the Allan)
a mention of Blairlogie, Menstrie, and the Uni
maybe do a spoken-wikipedia version, once its stable.

-- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:07, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

on Hydrology, I think the Inchna Burns flow into the Menstrie Burn, as does the Loss. The Menstrie Burn then flows into the Devon, then the Forth at Cambus. I don't think the Allan is involved apart from draining the Cocksburn resevoir.

-- Adrianmckie (talk) 10:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation[edit]

Well guys I come from the area (grew up in Tillicoultry) although I live in Edinburgh now; and I can tell you this is how people from the area pronounce Dumyat.

Dum-aye-it. ΤΕΡΡΑΣΙΔΙΩΣ(^Ταλκ) 13:28, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Where's the stress, on the dum or on the aye? And is the aye pronounced like eye, or like A? kwami (talk) 07:05, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, not sure about the layout, so apologies if this is wrong. My husband grew up in Dunblane, not far from Stirling. He pronounces it Dum-aye-it, where Dum is almost Dom, aye is eye and the stress is on the middle syllable. yowie

I attended the University of Stirling and used to climb Dumyat a couple of times a week. It's dumb-EYE-it. JDM1991 (talk) 15:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have lived in Menstrie for 40 years and agree - It's dumb-EYE-it.Craig Omus (talk) 15:01, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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West Lomond is the 'parent peak'?[edit]

How on earth did West Lomond get in as Dumyat's parent peak? West Lomond is 23 miles away and there's Loch Leven, and a few towns and villages in between. West Lomond isn't even in the same range of hills. Ben Cleuch is higher than both and should be considered Dumyat's parent peak. Freddie Threepwood (talk) 16:14, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]