It lies on the border of the old counties of Ayrshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, or the modern regions of Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire.

Kirriereoch Hill was classified as a Corbett and Marilyn but then deleted from these lists in 1984 due to not being thought to achieve the respective prominence criteria.

In August 2015 the hill was relisted as a Marilyn[4] after having been surveyed to have a 150.2 m prominence.

However, since this is less than the 152.4 m required, the hill will not be re-listed as a Corbett.

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