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Name:Gannoch
Hill number:4121
Height:731m / 2398ft
Parent (Ma):485  Mount Keen
RHB Section:07B: Braemar to Montrose
County/UA:Aberdeenshire
Catchment:Dee (Aberdeen)
Class:Simm, Graham Top
(Tu,Sim,GT)
Grid ref:NO 49670 88008
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:36m
Col:695m  NO491874  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 44
(1:25k) OL54 395
Observations:summit area is very flat
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 66 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Livi202007/03/2024
Parked at the Forest of Birse road end for a clockwise circuit of 10 Trump's and 1 sub. 7/11PGCE25/02/2024
Simon Winton24/02/2024
Andrew Stalker08/01/2024
From Birse Castle up the estate road to this one, then on to Hill of Cat, Tampie, Mudlee and Cammie, returning down the excellent path, Fungle Road. Not a soul seen all day.NormanW02/10/2023
1 of 4: From roadend CP near Birse Castle. We took the track passing in front of the castle. Signs said Private House but an estate worker simply waved as he drove by. Later in the day a helicopter landed there as we came down the Fungle Road. Grouse season in 3 days. With Karen.ChrisR09/08/2023
Tom Mundell24/06/2023
Fiona Richardson09/06/2023
maknipe23/05/2023
iainwalton02/04/2023
booboowalking19/03/2023
booboowalking19/02/2023
Jenn30/01/2023
Dave McG09/11/2022
From Birse parking (NO532906), along signposted paths towards Aboyne past Ballochan and as far as NO515903, then along track W to estate track leading up to Gannoch, past summit descending SW on track at first then over peats and gullies up to summit of Hill of Cat, returned to col, then E to track leading to summit of Tampie (via a few electric fences) , descended SSW on track and following fence then directly down heather slope to Fungie Road, and back to Ballochan and start (4h50m)kdbennett05/07/2022
BlackPanther13/06/2022
Alan Whatley30/10/2021
carole engel11/08/2021
Tricky14/07/2021
DaveO12/04/2021
gary198120/03/2021
Ledi20/03/2021
dave g02/10/2020
An easy circuit from Birse Castle, using the track up to Gannoch Hill, then over Tampie. Down until the route to Mudlee Bracks is visible, then shortcut down to Fungle Road and up an ATV track next to the fence. Over the top and onto the track to Hill Of Cammie. Shite ground N towards Cock Hill, but bits of mown ATV track help, except over the 550m bump and 536m col. Good track thereafter over Cock Hill. I cut back towards the Fungle road on a mown track but this involves fording the Water of Feugh. Would be better using either the bridge by Ballochan or further E but I had left the map in the car...Gill06/09/2020
Cairny hill, hill of cammie, mudlee bracks, tampie, gannoch, hill of cat, pullar cuy, creag na h lolaire from the CP at tarfside.robertphillips09/08/2020
Beautifully sunny but too annoyingly windy to enjoyably stick to the planned long watershed slog towards Mt Keen and back so happily shortened it into a circuit around the Feugh headwaters from/to Birse Castle where we later dozed in the sun by the lovely chapel. Some great wispy wave clouds. Met Dawn from Balogie walking from her home for a solo backpacking circuit for 2 nights with her 2 terrier dogs with their little panniers for their food. Birse Castle (normally shuttered) was being prepared by the staff for the forthcoming 'glorious' 12th.Chris Pearson06/08/2020
BaggerGutt13/12/2019
govanah29/11/2019
1st top with L on a 5 hour circuit from lovely Forest of Birse with its neat small castle owned by another C Pearson - sadly not me, but Charles Pearson - Viscount Cowdry who has several such properties in this part of Aberdeenshire - this being used for grouse shooting parties - hence the extensive landrover tracks up onto the grouse moors - (and the rows of waiting hooks in the freshly painted outhouse). Charles is the younger brother of Michael Pearson - also Viscount Cowdry who owns the Cowdry estate in West Sussex - famous as a polo venue. Today breezy but shorts possible even just walking (as letting my calf muscle recover). Saw no one - Viscounts or otherwise despite being a sunday.Chris Pearson22/09/2019
https://www.strava.com/activities/2326777849/Alastair S28/04/2019
interloper26/04/2019
Fletch26/04/2019
Easy out and back from Tampie, track all the way.Lindsay M06/05/2018
Gonk05/03/2018
Gavin Theobald21/07/2017
mae24/05/2017
A long west to east round from Birse castle via all Graham tops from Gannoch to Peter Hill plus Baudnacauner. Quite a lost of track so speedy going. teeming with mountain hares which looked very conspicuous in the absence of snow.dickscroop19/02/2017
Mudskipper13/08/2016
Martin R07/04/2016
Solo. Done with Cairny Hill and Tampie. Deteriorating weather so abandoned attempt on other tops and walked back to my starting point of Tarfside on Firmounth Road on which a lot of recent work has been done. The summit of Gannoch can be reached from Firmounth Road on a little used track which avoids having to trample through the heather. Cairn with stake is clearly the highest point even if the summit area is rather flat.pwbellarby01/08/2015
Rod M25/05/2015
hill walker02/01/2014
markhammonds08/09/2013
justin99904/09/2013
daviemore16/06/2013
bertbarnett12308/06/2013
JA25/05/2013
thelonious31/12/2011
Ibex10/09/2011
Stake in cairn, NO 49669 88008, 731m. 15mi circuit including Hill of Cat, GTs and Battock. From roadhead. RHW14/11/2010