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Name:Kirkie Hill
Hill number:12228
Height:76m / 249ft
Parent (Ma):none
RHB Section:23: Orkney Islands
County/UA:Orkney Islands
Island:South Ronaldsay
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:ND 43837 90196
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:36m
Col:40m  ND443903  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 7
(1:25k) 461S 462
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 22 users)ByDate of Ascent
Up fields from Southvegibagger10/09/2022
Parked at Sandwick road junction then up a couple of fields to the summit. Spotting the scanty cairn requires an act of imaginationColin Crawford08/08/2022
Parked at road junction. Walked SW and over gate into sheep field. Over another gate onto open hillside then a barbed wire fence to cross before reaching the summit area. Easier than it sounds! Solo.Dangerous Dave01/08/2022
Parking on grass at A road junction. Up grassy field to indistinct summit in sheep pasture. Breezy sun, good views. With J Woods.Denise 29/07/2022
As Denise.Minto29/07/2022
Parked on verge at junction. Walk up through 2 fields to highpoint.Thearlaichdubh25/09/2021
Parked to SE, walked along road to gate then directly up to another gate, then fence and cairn.PeterD01/07/2019
Parked along the minor road to Sandwick and climbed the hill over a gate, across the field to a second gate, through a small quarry, then step over a BWF at a fence junction to access the grassed over summit cairn. Pleasant strolling with good views. T shirt weather.Gill27/02/2019
Roadside verge parking (ND 4393 8992). Walked NE on road for 120m; through a field gate and direct up hill to top.jonglew27/02/2019
With Adrian from SWchrisbien07/06/2014
Summit, cairn in rough pasture. With Chris B. Approached from south.Adrian07/06/2014
Dusk visit, last of Orkney Day 1RHW31/05/2014
Parked in passing space above the gate passing space then through fields to barb wire and electric fence to gain summit with Jim Bloomer and Tricky Speirs as the afternoon improved.Dugswell226/05/2014
Matt20/10/2023
SteveG15/08/2022
RichardM29/07/2022
Tony S01/05/2022
Simon Winton23/04/2022
jimbloomer26/05/2014
richtea504026/05/2014
Tricky26/05/2014
chalky195325/05/2014