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Name:Vinquin Hill
Hill number:12215
Height:100m / 328ft
Parent (Ma):1555  Milldoe - Mid Tooin
RHB Section:23: Orkney Islands
County/UA:Orkney Islands
Island:Orkney Mainland
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:HY 32692 28287
Summit feature:broch
Drop:37m
Col:63m  HY332270  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 6
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 21 users)ByDate of Ascent
As Denise fine but windy day.vegibagger26/08/2022
As Denise and PeterDMinto01/08/2022
Parked at entrance toLower Arsdale. Up track past house and over fence. Pleasant wild flower tumulus summit. Not much broch. Very windy. Extensive views.Denise 30/07/2022
Exactly as Denise and JonathanColin Crawford28/07/2022
From north, parked on hard standing near Lower Arsdale, up track to house, then track to ruin and up to HPPeterD30/06/2019
Parked at HY 3276 2845, knocked at house but no answer.jonglew24/02/2019
An easy walk on a track, then grassy paths to a nice summit with a grassed over cairn. Not much left of the broch. Parked up the track by the house, knocked on the door but no-one at home to ask permission, so not sure what the response would be normally.Gill24/02/2019
Nice flowery tumulus summit. Early a.m. parked briefly by house. Then to S Ronaldsay to catch Alan Holmes boat trip #3 to Swona + Muckle SkerryRHW03/06/2014
From the S - not the best waychrisbien02/06/2014
Walked up track to house then into field near ruined cottages with Jim Bloomer and Tricky Speirs.Dugswell231/05/2014
Matt18/10/2023
grumpy28/03/2023
SteveG01/08/2022
RichardM30/07/2022
Simon Winton28/04/2022
benarmine01/04/2019
alanm08/08/2014
richtea504005/06/2014
chalky195303/06/2014
jimbloomer31/05/2014
Tricky31/05/2014