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Name: | Cairn Gibbs |
Hill number: | 6093 |
Height: | 521m / 1709ft |
Parent (Ma): | 506 Meall Mor |
RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
County/UA: | Angus |
Catchment: | Tay |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five, Subhump, Yeaman (Tu,5,HF,sHu,Y) |
Grid ref: | NO 18270 59218 |
Summit feature: | no feature: heather |
Drop: | 95m |
Col: | 426m NO178598 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 53 (1:25k) OL52S 381 387S |
Observations: | flat summit area |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land(*).
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 37 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
See Meall Mor | StueyB | 06/10/2023 |
govanah | 23/09/2023 | |
Matt | 10/09/2023 | |
AFD90 | 25/08/2023 | |
From Meall Mor, following line of stone Dyke. Descent from Meall Mor to bealach was in deep heather. Spotted a big horny gollach clinging to a fence post at bealach, didn't know what it was and it didn't even flinch when ii gave it a little prod with my walking pole. Took a photo and googled it later to discover it was a Wood Wasp also known as Saw Fly. Wouldn't like to encounter a swarm of them!! The ascent to Cairn Gibbs was better as the heather stopped short of the dyke to leave enough space to walk along a grassy path to near top. A short deviation north form the dyke is required to reach highest ground. There is no cairn at top so a quick wonder around in the short heather looking for highest point is required. | Jossker | 24/06/2023 |
From Knockton along the fences and Dyke | Gonk | 09/03/2023 |
Gallovidian | 05/03/2023 | |
A mixed approach from Knockton, a few good trails but much of it through tussocks and long grass. Then i had to reverse my steps to regain the road | Colin Crawford | 12/07/2022 |
Knockton, Cairn Biggs, Black Hill, Druid Dearg. 
 
Note going from Cairn Gibbs the forest has plenty of wind throw, best take the good forest roads. | Adrian | 07/06/2022 |
Laurel | 13/04/2022 | |
Rowan | 13/04/2022 | |
hill walker | 10/11/2021 | |
Alan Whatley | 26/09/2021 | |
thelonious | 17/07/2021 | |
2/5 From road to Brewlands, at summit parked by woodland track and climbed to Meall Mor, Cairn Gibbs, Knockton, Druim Dearg then walked back on country lanes to climb Over Craig on North side of road. Tough in places and so many flies! | nickywood1 | 04/07/2021 |
After Black Hill and Knockton, then on to finish on Druim Dearg. | NormanW | 07/05/2021 |
Tony S | 06/03/2021 | |
Simon Winton | 30/12/2020 | |
From the cattle grid at the high point of the minor road that separates Knockton and Druim Dearg. A reasonable path through the heather leads westwards along the forestry line to the former, then its a simple matter of following fence and wall to Cairn Gibbs and Meall Mor. Returned to the road along the faint track to near Auchinleish. 3hrs in total once back at the car. | summitter | 29/11/2020 |
richtea5040 | 02/10/2020 | |
Black Hill/Knockton/Cairn Gibbs/Druim Dearg from high point on road. | daviemore | 04/09/2020 |
ARM | 25/06/2020 | |
Bike from Blairgowrie | bertbarnett123 | 02/05/2020 |
From Meal mor | cjo | 09/03/2020 |
black hill, cairn gibbs, knockton, from parking at track entrance to the east. | robertphillips | 07/09/2019 |
Rod M | 02/06/2019 | |
tsmart | 25/11/2018 | |
Waterlog | 28/05/2018 | |
As Alda to Black Hill. Back and along track then firebreak to 200585 and up along fence to Knockton then onwards to Cairn Gibbs. Back to bealach then track N of Knockton nearly to road. Up road then Druim Dearg and back down to car and football in Forfar. | chrisbien | 21/04/2018 |
benarmine | 03/02/2017 | |
Alan Moore | 25/01/2017 | |
From Auchinleish,with Grant Campbell. | clashcityrocker | 27/09/2015 |
Lindsay M | 02/08/2015 | |
Path alongside boundary fence from Black Hill then track through trees, bypassing Knockton. | alda | 25/06/2015 |
Demoted Yeaman. | chalky1953 | 27/04/2015 |
Steve Q | 08/05/2013 | |
From SE, cattle grid, via Knockton. Deepish snow. | RHW | 16/02/2012 |