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Name: | Core Hill |
Hill number: | 4986 |
Height: | 542m / 1778ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1642 Ben Cleuch |
RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
Donald area: | Ochil Hills |
County/UA: | Perth and Kinross |
Catchment: | Forth |
Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,5,DDew,Y) |
Grid ref: | NN 88607 04645 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 120m |
Col: | 422m NN880039 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 58 (1:25k) 366E |
Observations: | summit area is very flat |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 76 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked below the lower reservoir dam for a circuit of 5 Tumps. 3/5 | PGCE | 01/03/2024 |
As gerrybowes route, parking at the end of the track, and taking the track to the beallach. Crossed the col and through a gate at NN89929 05419, then followed animal and vague ATV tracks to the high col at a gate. Good track from here (NN88937 05149), going all the way to the summit. Back to Glen Bee and on to Craigentaggert Hill. | LizH | 29/09/2020 |
As Gerry Bowes but must have taken more northerly line as never saw second gate or the semblance of an atv track - headed on to Wet.her Hill | SS | 06/09/2020 |
Easy parking at start of track at NN 8960 0858 - Up track to first zigzag, over fence & a short walk along path to old iron gate & hurdle on col - Over hurdle & then up faint, intermittent ATV tracks to gateway at 889051; lots of tussock, especially below 450m - From gateway, SSW up a more obvious ATV track to the unmarked summit. Continued to Wether Hill. (S) | gerrybowes | 29/07/2020 |
After Craigentaggert Hill. | richtea5040 | 30/06/2020 |
Ochil rambling from A823. Round of Wether, Craigentaggart, Core, BuckNE and Bald. Plenty of quad and animal tracks. | Topographer57 | 29/10/2017 |
From Blackford A9, Core, Craigentaggart, Wether. | NormanW | 01/07/2017 |
Third of the day. Tough terrain,windy top, great views north. | Play2End | 28/10/2016 |
Parked on minor rd parallel to A9 - scary junction opposite Blackford and up the obvious path to the col. Bits and pieces of 4wd track to summit. Nice views but uninspiring . On to Wether Hill | Thearlaichdubh | 25/03/2016 |
core hill, craigentaggert hill, wether hilL, ACW from track entrance near blackford. | robertphillips | 21/02/2016 |
Blackford to Alva. 
 
First (and second) hill walking expedition | bigeffindavie | 20/05/2013 |
Followed RoW from Blackford to watershed at top of Glen of Kinpauch. Ascended via Berry Hill, returned via Kinpauch hill. 11.7km, 494m ascent. Straightforward climb. | TRG318 | 04/05/2012 |
Along RoW from Blackford to col & up, on to Craigentaggart and Wether Hill | agentmancuso | 07/01/2012 |
545m gps, rough grass. | RHW | 25/06/2011 |
P at start of track W of The Strip. Up track to top of Glen of Kinpauch. Up track between fence and burn and onto summit. Back to top of G of K and onwards to Wether Hill. | chrisbien | 02/04/2011 |
Third of ten on a anti-clockwise round of the Devon from Lower Glendevon Reservoir carpark. | Alan Moore | 13/05/2003 |
Tonester | 30/01/2024 | |
AlanD | 08/10/2023 | |
AFD90 | 17/08/2023 | |
stevent0809 | 08/06/2023 | |
pattoland | 22/12/2022 | |
Lynnebe | 14/09/2022 | |
cmac | 30/07/2022 | |
Fletch | 04/11/2021 | |
interloper | 04/11/2021 | |
chrispine | 03/02/2021 | |
Simon Winton | 25/11/2020 | |
Tom Mundell | 18/10/2020 | |
Trekking toes | 18/10/2020 | |
PeterAH | 29/09/2020 | |
AndyS | 01/08/2020 | |
tsmart | 16/05/2020 | |
kathyh | 16/05/2020 | |
kathyh | 05/01/2020 | |
ArdrossanWintonRover | 05/01/2020 | |
Tony S | 12/05/2019 | |
Andrew Simmons | 16/11/2018 | |
duchally | 13/03/2018 | |
Crumblie2 | 29/01/2018 | |
carole engel | 30/09/2017 | |
Martin R | 30/04/2017 | |
Alan Whatley | 08/03/2016 | |
Tricky | 17/01/2016 | |
iaindbrown | 14/01/2014 | |
alda | 14/01/2014 | |
mae | 07/12/2013 | |
buggerlugs | 03/11/2013 | |
Nick Down1 | 18/08/2013 | |
bertbarnett123 | 10/08/2013 | |
ajwxyzt | 30/06/2013 |