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At the bottom of this page is a link to an Excel spreadsheet which is what I make of Docharty's A Selection of some 900 British and Irish Mountain Tops (1954) and the Supplement to ... (1962). Docharty's plan was to extend the principle of Munro's lists across the whole of Britain and Ireland and… Continue reading ► WILLIAM McKNIGHT DOCHARTY – HIS LIST OF ‘INDEPENDENT MOUNTAINS’ AND ‘TOPS’ OF SCOTLAND, WALES, ENGLAND AND THE ISLE OF MAN.
Some more notes on Docharty's life, largely from an article by Robert M. Campbell - a copy of which he kindly forwarded to me - published in The Munro Society Journal, no.4, 17 Dec 2016. The article includes a more detailed discussion of Docharty's methods than given here, and compares them with other lists, such… Continue reading ► WILLIAM McKNIGHT DOCHARTY – BIOGRAPY / HIS METHOD OF CHOOSING SUMMITS.
There are many lists of hills and mountains covering the British Isles - the 'Munros', a list of Scottish mountains maintained by the Scottish Mountaineering Council, the 'Marilyns' (hills with 150 metres or more of climb), the Hewitts (Hills of England, Wales and Ireland over 2000 feet with 100 feet of climb), the 'Wainrights' of… Continue reading ► WILLIAM McKNIGHT DOCHARTY (1895?-1968) – ‘A Selection of some 900 British and Irish Mountain Tops’.
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