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Name: | Ward Hill |
Hill number: | 12192 |
Height: | 269m / 883ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1552 Mid Hill |
RHB Section: | 23: Orkney Islands |
County/UA: | Orkney Islands |
Island: | Orkney Mainland |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | HY 33547 07989 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 5m NNW of trig point |
Drop: | 31m |
Col: | 238m HY335081 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 6 7 (1:25k) 462 463 |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 81 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
With Mid Hill. | jenx | 05/08/2022 |
On the way to Mid Hill. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 29/07/2022 |
Along with ward hill | VerySlowPlodder | 31/05/2022 |
From Gruf Hill, very windy on top | Coxswain | 24/09/2021 |
On the way to Mid hill | JulieB | 05/09/2020 |
From Gruf Hill along good path sticking close to the highest ground. | KeithByTheC | 05/09/2020 |
2 of 3: From Gruf Hill. A light rain shower came across but all clear on the return leg from Mid Hill. With Karen. | ChrisR | 05/08/2020 |
Bus to Orphir, then track towards Ireland to col and round of Ward Hill, Mid Hill, Ward Hill, Gruf Hill and Hill of Midland to meet bus again at Houton pier. Mist so views a mystery until got below the cloud again. | Thearlaichdubh | 31/07/2019 |
From Scorra Dale, en-route to Mid Hills. | curlebd | 05/07/2019 |
From Scorra Dale, Gruf Hill, Ward Hill, and Mid Hill, passing over Ward Hill again on way back, following paths where possible. Trig and HP. | PeterD | 25/06/2019 |
From Scorra Dale, en-route to Mid Hill. | jonglew | 24/02/2019 |
After Gruf Hill on the way to Mid Hill. Some boggy stuff on the way down from Gruf Hill, then a good track to the summit. | Gill | 24/02/2019 |
On the way to Mid Hill. | the pigguy | 12/07/2018 |
After Gruf Hill and on my way to Mid Hill. | NormanW | 17/06/2018 |
From layby at top of Scaradale road - Mid Hill then back over Ward Hill. 1 hour 50 mins return. Ground very dry - would be grim after a lot of rain. | Crib Goch | 12/06/2018 |
With Lily and Rosie. Dry and good viz. From top of Scorradale road followed path to the two Gruf hill cairns, over moorland, as I missed the Gruf track, to shoulder of Ward Hill then onto Mid Hill. Back via Ward hill trig. Easy moorland walking. 90 mins. | alexmaclennan | 10/06/2018 |
Ward Hill, then Mid Hill and lastly Gruf Hill from the Scorradale Road bealach at HY321054. | summitsup | 05/05/2018 |
Soggy climb! | thekirkie pirate | 05/09/2017 |
As mid hill | BLACKHILL | 05/09/2017 |
Second visit, catching Chris Peart en route to Mid Hill | Colin Crawford | 26/06/2016 |
From S en route to Mid Hill. | Chris Peart | 26/06/2016 |
Traditionally the highest point of Orkney Mainland, but Mid Hill is rather higher. | David Purchase | 31/05/2016 |
With Val. On the way to Mid Hill. Very windy. From south via track and good path. | mike.hoult | 10/06/2015 |
Bagged after Gruf Hill and Mid Hill with Jim Bloomer and Tricky Speirs as day became cooler and cloudy. | Dugswell2 | 01/06/2014 |
Heather. Trig n pipe thing. | Adrian | 01/06/2014 |
From Scorra Dale tumulus | chrisbien | 31/05/2014 |
RHW | 29/05/2010 | |
Had it not been for AD's book I would have accepted this as Mainland's high point in poor visibility. | lordtonult | 16/12/2003 |
Rapid gentle progress on access track through 2 gates to domey top and trig 10572 and then to highest point at 16.40. to Mid | arranc | 04/06/2002 |
From South Fea Road track anticlockwise over Mid Hill and Ward Hill/Ackla. | vegibagger | blank |
Matt | 19/10/2023 | |
dickiewren | 15/05/2023 | |
GmacT | 07/01/2023 | |
CXB | 01/08/2022 | |
mae | 01/08/2022 | |
Tony S | 03/05/2022 | |
Lorna S | 03/05/2022 | |
Simon Winton | 28/04/2022 | |
SpudGunn | 26/08/2021 | |
iainwalton | 29/07/2021 | |
Crumblie2 | 01/07/2021 | |
davefh | 28/06/2021 | |
dave g | 06/08/2019 | |
RobF | 21/07/2019 | |
Thorny | 29/06/2019 | |
IainT | 19/06/2019 | |
A Peckish | 16/06/2019 | |
beckybags | 15/06/2019 | |
SteveG | 02/06/2019 | |
PeteN | 07/08/2018 |