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Name:Touchadam Craig [Gillies Hill]
Hill number:13010
Height:170m / 558ft
Parent (Ma):1661  Carleatheran
RHB Section:26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose
County/UA:Stirling
Catchment:Forth
Class:Tump (100-199m), Subhump
(Tu,1,sHu)
Grid ref:NS 77036 91351
Summit feature:no feature: ground at edge of cliff
Drop:94m
Col:76m  NS768908  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 57
(1:25k) 348 366W
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 46 users)ByDate of Ascent
From CP to N. Thanks to gardening efforts of previous baggers, the whin and rhodies were passable. 40mph gusts and horizontal hail made the route more interesting.sclater22/01/2024
From Cambusbarron Quarry car park. Good map board showing paths. Impressive quarry.colazione02/01/2024
Respect! Did some gardening with secateurs.Tricky31/12/2023
Quarry Hill, CP. Followed path to ridge line. Frosty.Play2End25/11/2023
Decided to climb Touchadam Craig but didn't do due diligence and read walk reports until half way along ridge in shorts & t-shirt. Well we made it, but I have many scratches from gorse & the odd bramble. Lots of Rhodys too & tall bracken. Surprisingly difficult to find the way back. Hate to think what it would have been like without all the previous path clearing efforts. Good views from summits. Legs zinging now. Parked opposite bowling green in Cambusbarron. Paths all good from NW to ridge. I did think it was going to be easy as first half was. Tunnelled through some Rhodys, pushed through gorse, stepped on brambles & got stung ny probably the only nettle up there. Very airy at points & went right to the S most point. The good thing was no ticks. The deer are too sensible to come up hereLynnebe22/07/2023
From Gillies Hill park entry to north up through the woods by paths trying to avoid the foresters clearing the area of beautiful larch trees to prevent spread of P.ramorum disease. Good paths all the way and even the last section relatively straightforward now.lordtonult31/03/2022
Parked at the ford, walked up the quarry access road and approached anti-clockwise through the quarry. I took loppers and cut away what seemed like a lot of gorse on the way but, on my own, in the rain and with very limited time, I made very little impression. Much respect for Minto and Adrian: they made an excellent job of the last section.TRG31811/08/2021
4th visit to the summit with the TumpHofMeister, and a spot of gardening. It was interesting to see how the vegetation had changed since my last visit. The initial fence has just vanished, and the path to the first summit is now a Motorway. Thereafter, it rapidly becomes more prickly through the gorse. But the mauvais-pas of the Christopher Bienkowski step was now not even noticeable. We walked, or pushed our way straight up to the summit, and then started cutting on our return journey. In 3 hours the two of us did what I estimate to be about a third of the distance between the two summits. And that was mainly rhododendron. So at least 12 hours work to re-open the path through the gorse. Stout boots, trousers, gloves and jacket recommended meantime. If you're going please take at least secateurs, though long handled loppers are probably best for the gorse, and continue the pruning.Minto03/07/2021
With Minto. Busy gardening and pruning visit in hot evening. Many thanks to Minto for the guided tour of the quarry and providing cutting tools. We cut back from the summit about a third of the way to the lower summit.Adrian02/07/2021
Unforgettable and many thanks to the trail blazers. Still not quite a walk in the park, but it goes. Gorse is the main enemy now after the rhodies have been c ut back a bit. Vegetation hides the edge of the crags so an interesting feel. Fortunately the approach paths, I went in from the east, were dry. They look muddy. Orienteering map helps here. Search for FVO Routegadget and the map is called Polmaise. Ther e is a 2020 version. Good luck!fasgadh22/04/2021
From Quarry Road in Cambusbarron. Easy parking. Lots of paths can lead you to the summit. Final 50m or so is a path thro Rhodies, Brambles and Gorse. I spent half an hour gardening to make life easier for others. Still,best not wear shorts.bjewing14/03/2021
Great wee adventure. Orienteering map helps to locate start of ridge. Initial section to first viewpoint simple then the veg gets denser/more vicious the further you go. Well done to those who cleared the track - route still obvious though now well overgrown again - the hidden thorn tendrils which wrap round you are probably the worst. Did look at alt route down from col but didnt look any easier.daviemore08/12/2020
For the truly committed or those requiring to be committed! Horrific swamp of a path in, and the growth is back, rhoddies and loads of gorse, plus the special bonus of brambles! And they cover the whole ridge line, right to the end, or edge! One of the worst ever. For info, approach on the track between the pincers. It is a good bit drier!Belfarm 09/11/2020
Parked big layby near entrance to CEMEX (working) quarry. Did Southerly fang first, then more impressive North fang. I fear it needs more gardeners as the gorse and rhodedendrons are rampant. An absolute gem of a TuMP.Thearlaichdubh30/12/2019
P Bannock Bridge, network of local paths from quarry entrance to NS 76932 91629, over the fence and along the ridge to the end. Chapeau to Minto's Gardening Collective.agentmancuso22/02/2019
Second visit and it's a piece of the proverbial now. A fine job of clearance means that you can now stroll easily to the summit with hands in pockets. Yet not as exciting as my earlier trip and the sense of achievement was markedly less acute.Colin Crawford23/12/2018
2nd time.russell6126/11/2018
3rd visit to this summit, and it gets easier every time. As noted by others, the worst of the rhododendrons are now cleared away, and any regrowth should be fairly easily dealt with. The gorse however, is really taking hold again after the fire and will need an annual clearance, if not 6 monthly) to keep the path passable. I'll have to find another way up this hill - the current route is becoming too easy ;-)Minto14/10/2018
Thanks to Jonathan, Richard, Rob and Peter for letting me tag along and for doing most of the clearing.Great views from the top. Well worth the effort.russell6114/10/2018
Annual meet of the RHB gardening group. At last a tick for me for this hill. Summit GR estimated at NS7703691354.richtea504014/10/2018
Parked by the Bannock Burn, then the path through the quarry works to NS 769916. And then over the little fence into the jungle. Yes, you should take something to cut the gorse. Some of the rhododendrons can be broken by hand but a proper cutter would help. Lindsay's route looks scary but would be shorter. The arete is at the lower end of the scale, but has vegetation disguising the edge. And a big thanks to Jonathan for all his hard work to make this possible!Pete R14/10/2018
From SE as per Pete R description. Cleared the remaining rhodo from the path, and trimmed back the gorse which was already starting to encroach - and will be back soon enough. Shifted a gorse bush which was affecting the (very short) mauvais-pas - should be easier now, for a while. Summit a nice level area with a fairly well defined HP which is now missing its gorse bush :-) Thanks to Minto for guidance on the day and his/others previous efforts. Now to get this onto the Core Paths network ;-)RHW14/10/2018
From Quarry Road in Cambusbarron (handy map display of (some of) the path network) at road end. Route to the summit still reasonably easy - thank you to previous clearing efforts. Reasonable dip in the ridge to negotiate before the actual summit.callumblack25/07/2018
parked at quarry gate to the north, followed paths up to the fence area, where the fun begins, followed cliff edge all the way to the top, thanks guys for clearing a path through the undergrowth.robertphillips07/01/2018
Despite Minto having reached the summit last week there was still much work to do to clear a usable ascent route to the top. 4 hours of serious vegetation cutting back by 3 people and it's looking reasonable now. With Minto and Andrew T.NormanW07/10/2017
Tump bagging community service morning. Go in the next year or so before the gorse, rhododendrons etc. grow back with a vengeance...ajwxyzt07/10/2017
Two visits in a week; must be mad. Or deserve an award from future Tump baggers. Another 4hrs spent clearing the path to the summit with NormanW and AndrewT. Anyone else visiting in the future - please take tools to keep the way clear.Minto07/10/2017
Suspect many early baggers have not been to the true summit - right on the south end of the North Pincer. Ian Galbraith's 'summit' photo agrees with Richard Tibbetts Grid Ref. But this is a point some 200m north of the true summit. Horrendous rhododendrons to battle through. Gorse not too bad, but growing back after fire.Minto30/09/2017
A real pig of a hill. Once you are through the loose rock and sharp gorse you have to negotiate the forest of rhodies ... I went through, under and over! If you are intent on doing this hill then wear tough clothes, gloves, and possibly eye protectors. Bring a machete or branch cutters ... seriously, not a summit to take lightly, probably best not to do it alone as there is ample opportunity to get stuck or fall off.summitter11/05/2017
Lindsay M. describes this perfectly. Gorse badly burnt last year, so slightly easier in places. Go now! Dry, cold, calm, reasonable views beneath low cloud.iangalbraith31/01/2016
Approached via quarry access road from SE. Slanting route (steep & loose) up between crags on west flank to emerge at dip on crest of north pincer. Turned right and fought my way through the vicious, prickly undergrowth to high point - just before abrupt end of ridge. Returned to dip & continued to fence at north end of crest (faint trail on this section). Turned left there to follow path then track back to rejoin outward route. Very tough wee hill!Lindsay M29/03/2015
Great fun! A delightful way to spend an hour and a half - that jungle atop the narrow ridge was quite a challenge, especially when forced to take a route on the very edge of the crag. Richard, secateurs would surely represent under tooling; a machete would be more appropriate.Colin Crawford20/01/2015
Approached this ridge from the North. Dense undergrowth of rhododendron and gorse. Estimated the highest point to be in the vicinity of NS7692991494, but couldn't see the summit 170m further along the ridge. See Minto's log. Not 'ticked'!richtea504022/12/2014
With Jonathan, Norman and Andrew. I went as far as the N top of the N pincer. The others went on.chrisbienblank
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