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Name:Oronsay
Hill number:10460
Height:74m / 243ft
Parent (Ma):none
RHB Section:17A: North Skye and Raasay
County/UA:Highland
Island:Mono Tump island (t)
Class:Tump (0-99m), SIB
(Tu,0,SIB)
Grid ref:NG 31121 35901
Summit feature:no feature: ground by cliff edge
Drop:74m
Col:Sea
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 23 32
(1:25k) 410
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 44 users)ByDate of Ascent
Oronsay Island from Ullinish (Skye). 5 km, 100 m asc.SalmonJoe27/09/2023
Tidal island easily visited 2 hours before low tide for my 366th SIB.Dugswell230/05/2023
Landed by dinghy, busy hill.Adrian25/05/2023
Launched my inflatable at Caroy slip. With Adrian. A pleasure after the vegetable-hell of Wiay.Minto25/05/2023
Lovely walk with great views. Car park busyHirta28/09/2022
A hill and an island!Smelly socks11/05/2022
About an hour there and back with a good mooch about on the airy summit. Strong winds and choppy seas added to the excitementNicky C20/10/2021
with Sue HardenC24/05/2021
Signposted car park and path, crossed 2h after low tide, plenty leeway. Lovely grassy cliffy island, gorgeous morning, worth the effort from Peterborough ro catch morning tideRHW11/05/2019
Kayak from Bracadale, on way back from Wiay. Causeway already dry 3.5 hrs before LW.AndyS05/05/2019
Good parking at end of the road (NG 3225 3742). Pleasant walk out; dry crossing almost 3 hours before low tide. Nice hill - my 1,200th tump this year.jonglew27/12/2018
Gem with carparkjimbloomer12/04/2018
with Aidan, Matt, Maddy, Luna, Aj & FinBigNick28/01/2017
With L & Ksheila&chris14/02/2016
Signposted path from parking bay at roadend. Undulating moorland to causeway. Probably possible to cross at least 3hrs either side of low tide. Lovely walk on short grass to spectacular airy summit. Brilliant wee island.Lindsay M15/11/2015
Path from Ullinish to well formed causeway, presumably natural. Spectacular island with pleasant walking (well grazed). Possibly accessable at most low tides.chalky195331/03/2014
Company: Mrs D and Jake the Black Lab.iandesbottes08/05/2013
Yep, been theremshansenblank
1979 as well as august 2019oatcakeblank
SteveG31/05/2023
interloper21/05/2023
Fletch21/05/2023
Alan Moore24/05/2021
PeteN02/01/2021
Matt290115/08/2020
JFT_9601/08/2019
Alan Whatley11/05/2019
vuirich04/04/2019
flakeyw23/09/2018
mcbiydw208/07/2018
Cumbriancyclist07/06/2018
Colin Crawford19/10/2016
moylj130/05/2016
bjewing28/04/2016
Rod M15/11/2015
Janet M15/11/2015
Tricky28/05/2015
Gallovidian04/10/2013
jim.r16/05/2004
DocHoliday20/09/2001
IainT14/06/2000
john steel09/05/1992
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