TACit Tables: The Grahams
There is a long tradition of climbing hills over 2500 feet high in Scotland, and hills over 2000 feet in England and Wales, but for some reason most Scottish hills between 2000 and 2500 feet have been overlooked. The Grahams fill this gap. A Graham is a hill from 610 metres to 761 metres high inclusive (2000-2499 feet), with a drop of at least 150 metres all round. The list of hills in this category was first published in The Relative Hills of Britain (Alan Dawson, Cicerone Press, 1992), which lists all the British Marilyns, ie hills of any height with a drop of at least 150 metres all round. Originally, Scottish hills in this height range were referred to as Elsies (short for Lesser Corbetts). They have since been renamed Grahams in memory of the late Fiona Torbet (née Graham), who compiled her own list of such hills at around the same time. Her initial list omitted all hills in Southern Scotland and about a dozen in the Highlands, but included several hills with less than 150 metres drop. To avoid having two conflicting lists, it was agreed to use the existing list published in The Relative Hills... (with a few name changes), but to refer to the hills as Grahams.
There are 224 Grahams, distributed as follows: Highlands south of the Great Glen 92, Highlands north of the Great Glen 84, Central and Southern Scotland 23, Skye 10, Mull 7, Harris 3, Jura 2, Arran 1, Rum 1, South Uist 1.