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| Name: | Cuilags |
| Hill number: | 1550 |
| Height: | 435m / 1427ft |
| RHB Section: | 23: Orkney Islands |
| County/UA: | Orkney Islands |
| Island: | Hoy |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Y) |
| Grid ref: | HY 20992 03365 |
| Summit feature: | large cairn (third from E) on possibly man-made mound |
| Drop: | 319m |
| Col: | 116m HY214025  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 7 (1:25k) 462 |
| Observations: | 0.8m higher than cairn 65m W at HY 20928 03372 and 20cm higher than rock 20m SW at HY 20980 03347 |
| 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 149 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| NickF | 07/07/2023 | |
| Pete R | 21/05/2023 | |
| danpquinn | 18/10/2022 | |
| Anti clockwise circuit over Ward Hill, Cuilags and outliers. | vegibagger | 30/08/2022 |
| From the east, straight up broad ridge. With Dangerous Dave. Onwards to Sui Fea. Can't believe it's 24 years since I was last here. And a Marilyn I bagged 4 years before Rob Woodall. | Minto | 07/08/2022 |
| From the parking area to the east. Straight up the steep heathery east ridge. With Minto. Went over to Sui Fea and down via Top of Hellia. | Dangerous Dave | 07/08/2022 |
| With M. From Rackwick via Old Man of Hoy and St. John’s Head. Many Bonxies. Steep descent east. Beautiful sunny day. Risso’s Dolphins seen on the return ferry to Stromness. | douglas_easton | 29/07/2022 |
| Kevin Borman | 14/05/2022 | |
| Straight up from ferry into the mist. Same way back down but veered if to right as not to loose height. With Alastair | tallblond | 01/05/2022 |
| govanah | 01/05/2022 | |
| Jenn | 01/05/2022 | |
| Simon Winton | 25/04/2022 | |
| thelonious | 06/09/2021 | |
| Climbed en route to the Old Man | SpudGunn | 24/08/2021 |
| Round of Cuilags and Ward Hill from reservoir in between. | Topographer57 | 20/08/2021 |
| iainwalton | 31/07/2021 | |
| Crumblie2 | 26/06/2021 | |
| samblackburn | 26/06/2021 | |
| tallscottishguy | 25/06/2021 | |
| Ferry from Stromness to Moaness, minibus to Rackwick (£3 each), path to Old Man which continues all the way around further than the 1:50000 map suggests, to over 300m at St John's Head, across rough ground for a short distance to the Tump of Sui Fee and then a further mile to Cuilags. Descended via the slightly less steep South Easterly ridge to the track then back towards Sansy Loch and the ferry. 9.45 miles, about 4hrs walking time. we got the 10am ferry from Stromness and the 4.30pm back with an hour to spare. | JulieB | 10/09/2020 |
| from Sui Fea, going left of lochan in col to minimise height loss | KeithByTheC | 10/09/2020 |
| 1 of 3: Ferry from Stromness at 7.30am. We left one rucsac above Sandy Loch. No path. Watched the Scrabster Ferry from the top. With Karen. | ChrisR | 06/08/2020 |
| Pommyjon | 10/10/2019 | |
| Ferry from Stromness to climb the 3 North Hoy. Up from pier by road then the obvious very steep ridge. Fine summit...onto Ward Hill | N.Morters | 24/08/2019 |
| dave g | 01/08/2019 | |
| fionnag | 01/08/2019 | |
| A 20 minute clamber from the head of Sandy Loch. Not much of a path - just kept ploughing forwards and upwards. | summitter | 24/07/2019 |
| From Rackwick - path to Old Man | curlebd | 08/07/2019 |
| From parking area south of round hill, low cloud had lifted and clear day. Up to Sandy Loch and then straight up, plenty of Bonxies circling but faint path up seemed to avoid their attention. Great views from the top. Back down and up Ward Hill | PeterD | 28/06/2019 |
| Thorny | 26/06/2019 | |
| beckybags | 18/06/2019 | |
| A Peckish | 18/06/2019 | |
| Mark Hodgson | 10/06/2019 | |
| From Sandy Loch car park via NE ridge. | Winterfloodian | 03/06/2019 |
| Winter ferry times require a no-nonsense approach to Hoy Marilyns, so parked below Round Hill, and scooted up Cuileags on steep, easy ground with a vague path to good views, then down to Sandy Loch and up spongy ground along Water Glen, improving towards the top of Ward Hill. WH has got a very nice summit with good views, but the lower ground is fairly manky. | Gill | 22/02/2019 |
| Good parking area SE of Round Hill. From the dam took a direct line to hill summit. Steep but good ground. Descended similar route before veering off to walk up Water Glen for Ward Hill. | jonglew | 22/02/2019 |
| With Bryher. Circular via Rackwick and Old Man. So windy we could hardly walk down the steep side back to the Hoy Centre. | jenx | 29/07/2018 |
| Tom Mundell | 27/06/2018 | |
| Trekking toes | 27/06/2018 | |
| After Round Hill, then on to Ward Hill. | NormanW | 12/06/2018 |
| Isbjorn | 21/07/2017 | |
| ad-lib | 11/06/2017 | |
| Up good path in glen from Rackwick and easy enough ascent from just below bealach. Down steep slopes to waterworks and onto Heritage Centre for welcome cuppa tea and biscuits. | AndrewFinnimore | 10/06/2017 |
| markhammonds | 23/05/2017 | |
| From Rackwick - path to Old Man - coast to St. John's Head - Sui Fea - Cuilags - ferry. | Chris Peart | 28/06/2016 |
| After the Knap of Trowieglen dropped down to the beach at Randwick. Took the Glen path and from the high-point direct up Cuilags past od airplane wreckage. Reversed route to then climb Ward Hill via Water Glen. Dropped steeply down Quoyawa avoiding the crags and a walk back to ferry jetty with a nice cuppa tea on the way at the cafe | nordicstar | 11/06/2016 |
| Good circular walk from ferry. Took about 7 hours with some good stops. Enjoyed Rackwick bay. | jenx | 11/06/2016 |
| hillhunter | 01/06/2016 | |
| Really enjoyable - Hoy is so different from the other islands. Early morning bus from Lerwick to Stromness for first ferry to Hoy. Moaness Ferry pier - Sandy Loch- Summit - Rackwick where I met the family for walk to the Old Man. Very blustery early on. RSPB warden and nesting sea eagles at Dwarfie Hamars on the way back to Lyness. | benalder284 | 04/04/2016 |
| PGCE | 30/03/2016 |