Tarfessock

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Tarfessock is a 696-metre mountain in South Ayrshire. It is one of the 89 Donalds — hills of 2,000 feet in the Scottish Lowlands. Other hills nearby include Shalloch on Minnoch and Kirriereoch Hill. Barrhill Station is 19.8 km away to the south-west.

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