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Name: | Moncreiffe Hill |
Hill number: | 1676 |
Height: | 223m / 732ft |
RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
County/UA: | Perth and Kinross |
Catchment: | Earn, Catchment Boundaries, Tay |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,Y) |
Grid ref: | NO 13578 19972 |
Summit feature: | small cairn |
Drop: | 185m |
Col: | 38m NO008237 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 58 (1:25k) 369 380W |
Survey: | Abney level |
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GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 367 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Timed it quite fortunately to get up here shortly after the midday rain had eased off. Also is one I've been wanting to visit for a good many years, so was extra enjoyable to have it as my first new hill bag of the year. | Alex C | 03/01/2024 |
from Moncreiffe Hill Tay Car Park to the North | hummusg | 31/10/2023 |
Quick late afternoon bag from Tay CP following usual path to the summit. | robphys | 24/10/2023 |
From the small parking area at the south side. Followed a combination of way marker posts to visit both forts, trig point and summit cairn | Hirta | 03/08/2023 |
Learned something today about Moncrieffe hill, that the trig pillar is not the summit and so when Jamie and I in February 2007 went to visit it did we visit the trig or the summit, which can't even be seen from the trig pillar or did we visit the summit.. we certainly didn't do both so today there was no option left but for me to return and visit both to legitimize both cases. So after a lazy day in Tesco cafe in Perth while it was calm and dry outside and latet watching a set of tennis from the south side car park, when I got out of the car early evening if stayed to gently rain. Sigh. | vegibagger | 10/07/2023 |
Up and down from north car park on way to Forfar. Views bit obscured but could make out Dundee (and more easily Perth). | SS | 21/05/2023 |
Beautiful cowslips on ascent from N carpark. Signs & paths to top | Lynnebe | 12/05/2023 |
Up from the North car park. Drizzly, no view. | PeteF | 16/03/2023 |
On tarmac signposted path from the North car park (free). Visited the trig on the way back. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 23/01/2023 |
Lovely walk from south carpark, added bonus of following the sculpture trail as well. | Hegley | 21/01/2023 |
Parked at the Woodland trust carpark south east of the top at NO153192 -it's nearly 1km drive in from the road. Followed part of the yellow woodland trust route which was ascending via the southern/lower track marked on the OS map and then following a track not on the OS map but on the Woodland Trust map from around NO153192 (very rough!) up to Moredon Top. Descended on a small path that starts around NO153192 and goes down south east through the woods and joined the northern/upper track on the OS map to return to the carpark. | Danmawr | 07/01/2023 |
From large car park to N. up stony paths which wind their way up through attractive woodland. At first fingerpost turned left for 'Hillforts' & at second fingerpost forked left for 'Moredun Hill Fort' within which lies the summit cairn. Pleasant. | gerrybowes | 20/09/2022 |
From large car park to N. | Mark Jackson | 25/08/2022 |
From small CP at south of wooodland. Chiff chaff wren and black cap all v vocal. Trig point and summit. Fab views. | VerySlowPlodder | 01/07/2022 |
On marked trail from North Car Park to Hill Fort. | Winterfloodian | 11/05/2022 |
From car park to the north. Good path to summit. Operated SOTA on short wave. | G4OBK (Phil) | 21/03/2022 |
With Corinne. Our first hill together - from S side this time. Didn't tell her it was a Marilyn until just before the dun. | iangpark | 10/02/2022 |
From CP to N. Visited both forts. A slight diversion from my journey up to Kincraig. | CJM | 28/01/2022 |
From South car park. Great view over Perth. Really nice walk | Longwojo | 13/11/2021 |
4th of 4 Marilyns for the day. Parked at small south car park. Followed marked yellow circuit route to Moredun Hill Fort Marilyn summit and to Moncrieffe Hill Fort summit with a nice white trig point, then continued on yellow circuit down some steps then back to car. 4 miles 1hr 45mins round trip. | JulieB | 01/11/2021 |
Nice run in the sun up from car park to SE - got the last parking space. | davechaffey | 21/10/2021 |
From the Bridge of Earn car park, 2hrs all in with a few minutes on bench on the ascent and more on the summit. | chillyman8 | 11/07/2021 |
From N. Smirry day but lovely scenery. | iangpark | 31/03/2021 |
Solo late afternoon walk from Wallacetown in unseasonably warm conditions; testing left leg in recovery after pulling calf. Previously climbed with family around 2002 | barnz48 | 18/03/2021 |
From the north. Lots of nice sculptures and views. 20 mins from cp | Nicky C | 05/03/2021 |
After 21 years a repeat visit from the Tay car park on the Rhynd Road visiting the high point, hill forts and trig pillar. | NormanW | 22/02/2021 |
Followed red route in Woodland Trust forest per Perthshire walks book. | Trotticus | 03/08/2020 |
From Earn carpark. Followed the red route for a pleasant woodland walk. Cut the corner a bit by turning right on to green route at the big bird. Rejoined red route with detour off to approach summit from behind(East). Continued on red route back to carpark. | Jubilado | 02/03/2020 |
12.5km pre-dawn run from the Salutation Hotel in town. More or less light by the time I reached the top. Lovely little hill but couldn’t linger as I had to hurry back to meet colleagues for breakfast. | Herbert Anchovy | 04/02/2020 |
From Tay Car park on the drive back to Edinburgh from Crieff because it was quite literally on the way. Interesting Iron Age fort. With trimarc2 who, of course, took the difficult way (ie sheer ascent) to the summit. | Fionalevey | 12/08/2019 |
With Fiona. Lovely short walk from North car park. | trimarc2 | 12/08/2019 |
Easy walk from the Tay Car Park to the north. | Windy Corner | 21/07/2019 |
From Earn Car Park. Easy walk on very hot day. | lenman | 29/06/2019 |
From purpose built CP at about NO135210 (note - CP 'closes at dusk to prevent anti-social behaviour', though the refuse bin was already upside down, spewing out its contents, as I drove in, so maybe today's ASB had started early....). Easy, well made tracks, followed 'white' route to visit Moredun Top Fort (summit) and Moncrieff Fort. | Isbjorn | 23/06/2019 |
Walk up from Tay car park, good views | Nozzer | 17/04/2019 |
With Martin66, JC & Otis on a sunny & mild winter's day from the Earn car park/road end. Followed track to the hill fort & trig. Then continued round to the summit. Road noise from the M90 rather spoils the summit. Returned by the higher path. | NotReallyABagger | 28/12/2018 |
Done several time with Tam | TamCollie | 20/10/2018 |
Easy paths for very enjoyable walk from Tay car park. | the pigguy | 07/10/2018 |
Very enjoyable walk from SE Woodland Trust CP, taking in the second hill fort with trig point on descent. | Nick Down1 | 29/06/2018 |
From Tay Rd car park (NO 1384 2100). Good forest walks most of the way, then on to the trig pillar - mor good tracks. | jonglew | 11/06/2018 |
From Tay CP. With Sam. | ChrisR | 31/03/2018 |
An easy walk from the main car park on manicured paths. But it was probably rather better than usual because of a bit of snow cover. | Gill | 14/12/2017 |
Fine autumn colours but a gusty wind. Lucky folk who walk their dogs up here and use it for a lunchtime run, or stroll! | RocksRock | 24/10/2017 |
From NO138209. | summitsup | 28/09/2017 |
Running, from car park to N. Fine day. | Rounsfell | 24/08/2017 |
Lunch walk up easy tracks through woods from the car park to the north | N.Morters | 04/04/2017 |
From Jubilee Car Park, along trails through woodland | kdbennett | 25/03/2017 |
With Steve | GinaSmith | 29/01/2017 |
Followed the red marked route to top and visited both hill forts. | PaulineD | 17/01/2017 |
With Zoe + Wilson. | clashcityrocker | 03/01/2017 |