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Name:Aird a' Chaolais
Hill number:12691
Height:53m / 174ft
Section:24D: Barra to Barra Head
Classification:Tu,0
Drop:43m
Col:10m  NL623972  

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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
2020814/08/2017NL 62093 97597  F: Outcrop.jonglew
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 28 users)ByDate of Ascent
Had a look at the beach stile access route and went for the suggestion of the gate/lane route instead. No cattle in fields today.Hirta07/07/2023
From road end, through gate along grass track turn right up hill along fence line after passing next gate. Cattle ignored me.cjo20/06/2023
From the road end, racing the rain. Lots of waders - snipe, ringed plover, lapwing,redshank and of course the oiks From road end head to the beach and go up from the stile - no fences.fasgadh18/06/2023
From end of the minor roadrobertphillips17/06/2023
Following Bioruaslum and an unsuccessful hunt for binoculars dropped descending Heiseabhal Mor. Over dunes/beach followed by cows to grassy summit. Dave/JillN.Morters16/06/2023
Heiseabhal Beag, Heiseabhal Mor, Bioruaslam, Aird a Chaolais & Beinn Orasaigh from parking space south of Uidh road junction. Jill and I avoided the cows on the way up from Traigh Bharlais while they chased Nigel!Dangerous Dave16/06/2023
Oystercatchers perched on the summit rock. Noisy buggers!summitter10/06/2023
Quick walk over to this hill by beautiful sea loch and white sand beach on a dreich day, meeting the farmer who was having his cattle de-horned. With Simon H and John G.JOHNS17/09/2018
Parked at end of public road to E. Pleasant. Final Vatersay TumpThearlaichdubh22/05/2018
Continuing our sunny round of the Vatersay tops with Colin and R . HP is large outcropping rock, part of ancient boundary wall? short dry grass with sheep and lambs, larks singing.Denise 27/04/2018
Round of the Vatersay Tumps from the dunes. This one was a bit tame following the tidal islandColin Crawford27/04/2018
As part of a 4 tump walk on Vatersay from Castlebay. Walk to end of minor road and keep walking over gate and one fence. Good view pointtrimarc213/10/2017
From end of the minorroad, good paring at field gate. En-route to Bioruaslum.jonglew14/08/2017
Vatersay Tump completion with Alex and Adrian.Dugswell213/08/2017
W Jenx walking over the Marilyns from Tangasdal to Vatersay. Picked up this Tump on way to visit tidal island of Bioruaslum. Stone block on top and interesting birds - buzzard, skylark, lapwingnordicstar09/07/2014
Uidh to Castlebay. Lots of lapwings doing their aerobatics near the summit on a glorious late afternoon.Smudge07/05/2014
RHW17/07/2012
Date long lost. No causeway at the time so took the local ferry across from Barra.moorsman09/09/1999
Jill Robertson16/06/2023
Gavin Theobald28/04/2023
Simon Winton16/06/2021
RichardM27/04/2018
carole engel17/08/2017
Alex C13/08/2017
Adrian13/08/2017
GordonAdshead01/10/2016
chalky195303/10/2015
Tricky11/07/2014