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Name:Cairn of Barns
Hill number:4114
Height:649.3m / 2130ft
Parent (Ma):461  Glas Maol
RHB Section:07A: Braemar to Montrose
County/UA:Angus
Catchment:South Esk
Class:Simm, Subhump, Graham Top, Yeaman
(Tu,Sim,sHu,GT,Y)
Grid ref:NO 32013 71257
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:97.1m
Col:552.2m  NO 3153 7152  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 44
(1:25k) OL53S 388S
Survey:Leica RX1250
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 54 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Parked in free car park opposite Clova Hotel for the two Simms Cairn of Barns and Hill of Strone. Up and down via the gate at NO 3230 7252.PGCE22/02/2024
RIB, Bran HFB07/11/2023
From Glen Prosen. With Hill of Strone. With B and R.jenx27/09/2023
Round of Hill N of Glen Prosen from good packing in quarry near Buckhood. Fairly direct climb to The Goal, then along ridge to Craigs of Lethnot, Hill of Couternach, Coremachy, Cairn of Barns and Hill of Strone. Return along ridge, bypassing summits of Cairn of Barns and Coremachy, and climbed Knachly and Hill of Spott on return. Cold on the higher tops, but good views to Lochnagar and stayed dry.RobertP01/08/2023
From Glen Prosen villageGonk07/04/2023
With Minto from Glen Clova, up the minister's path then fence to Coremachy and fence line to this top. Easy descent east to rejoin road, and bag the sub-tump of Gwesk Hillock which appears on Haroldstreet.NormanW27/01/2023
Along ridge from Craig of Barns. Descended N, the NE easily down to the road.Minto27/01/2023
From CP near Clova Hotel. To Hill of Strone, Cairn of Barns & Coremachy then down to track at approx 342712.duchally09/01/2023
Along the forestry track from Cramie, which goes all the way to Cairn Inks and as a lesser track along to Hill of Strone. Then back to cairn Inks and along minor tracks to Cairn of Barns and Coremachy. Doubled back again, this time to just shy of Cairn Inks, where a deer track gives a good run to the deer fence up to Mount Bouie, where the high point seems be adjacent the aforementioned fence. Finished by heading N then W around the forest edge back to the starting track. 4.5 hours total.summitter04/11/2022
Prosen Path start; path blockedbertbarnett12321/01/2022
Parked at Glenprosen village carpark (at church). Up the track that leads to Glentairie. This track does end at around 450m. after that i headed over to the fence that leads to the summit. There may well be a path along that fence, there was so much snow it wasnt possible to tell, defo a clear line through the heather, very handy indeed.hils26/12/2021
From Milton of Clova car park, SSW along road, through gate at ca NO325726, followed ATV tracks through fields and gates between Minrie Burn and a woodland strip, final gate at SW tip of woodland, then followed continuing ATV track (marked by posts) up hill to col NW of Cairn of Barns, heading SE from near col to reach fence up Cairn of Barns and followed it (in mist) to summit, returned to col, continued NW over Cairn Inks to Hill of Strone summit (good ATV track S of fence line from Cairn Inks to Hill of Strone), returned back to col and descended back to Milton of Clovakdbennett04/07/2021
Up the ministers path to coremachy, cairn of barns, hill of strone, back to col below COB and down to near caddam.robertphillips19/07/2020
New year sunrise walk.Waterlog01/01/2019
Started up Glen Prosen path, Coremachy, Cairn of Barns, down into coire on north side.clashcityrocker03/11/2017
From Glen Clova Hotel. straight up cairn of Barns then north on ridge to Hill of Strone. Dropped down to valley from north of intermediate top, would have been better to come back to ascent route.dickscroop20/09/2016
Parked in Clova and followed the stream up to the ridge. Good viewpoint.JohnW24/10/2014
Sunny, cold wind, clouds almost gone, good views.iangalbraith21/03/2009
decent heathery hill. RHW26/03/2003
Round of Glen Clova with JR and RMcK. Didn't know what Munro was! Repeated in 1981 and 1987 (twice).SS30/09/1978
first climbed c. 2000oatcakeblank
thelonious06/05/2023
Simon Winton15/02/2023
govanah20/01/2023
Jenn20/01/2023
richtea504014/05/2022
BaggerGutt04/11/2021
hill walker22/03/2020
interloper22/04/2018
Fletch22/04/2018
Tony S06/01/2018
Martin R26/10/2017
mae01/11/2016
alda21/07/2016
Colin Crawford24/05/2016
Lindsay M06/12/2015
Rod M06/12/2015
chrisa04/01/2015
Gavin Theobald26/07/2014
Phaedra25/05/2014
bertbarnett12327/10/2012
Alan Whatley12/06/2012
Tricky30/12/2011
Alan Moore06/11/2011
fasgadh07/11/2009
chalky195315/10/2009
neilsan18/11/2007
IainT22/09/2006
Colin Crawford24/06/2005
jimbloomer22/05/2005