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Name:Meall a' Ghlamaidh
Hill number:11286
Height:79m / 259ft
Parent (Ma):none
RHB Section:19B: Knapdale and Kintyre
County/UA:Argyll and Bute
Island:Gigha
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:NR 63291 49185
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:51m
Col:28m  NR645497  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 62
(1:25k) 357S
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 14 users)ByDate of Ascent
I've been putting this one off after reading the logs. I've been doing this for years and this is the worst terrain I've seen, even in Oct, 8ft dead bracken intertwined with brambles, gorse, heather and bog-myrtle. Started from the wonderful Western Link path(route 13) to the N and returned SE. Horrible, but I've done it and will never do it again....goodnight.DavieRuts14/10/2023
A second attempt on this awful little hill, successful on this occasion. I used Rob's route, approaching from the north on the Western Link waymarked path and going up the north east ridge. Short it may have been but, my word, easy it was not. Abundant head high bracken was interspersed with occasional but very frustrating pockets of thorny tangle, not as bad as on the approach from Ardlamey but still a serious impediment. Stretches of open ground had the spongiest, deepest growth of heather which I've met anywhere. An hour out and back, emerging bloodied and scratched. Gigha completedColin Crawford04/07/2023
Via Ardlamey farm, where a lady kindly explained the least worst route: continue north across pasture to join waymarked path at NR 6402 4928, follow it WNW to NR 6363 4955 then follow brambly heathery ridge to summit. Not bad. Returned along same waymarked path, which sadly runs out before Cnoc Coille BharrRHW21/05/2023
2nd of 6 tumps on a 20km circuit from the Ferry jetty. After Cnoc Coille Bharr via the South Knoll to the track then onwards via Ardlamey, where a farmer zoomed towards me on his quad bike and said I could not go any further as everywhere was fenced off. I pointed to a gate and said I would ask the owner if it was ok to continue and this proved to be fine, the guy said just dont let the donkey out. The kind of tump where picking your legs up and making big strides really helps when everywhere is chest hight in brambles and then you have to climb the outcrops but perseverance will get you there. The summit is a nice outcrop. Continuation to Creag Bhan...Dazingdale17/05/2023
Tump 5 of 6. From parking on track 500m W of Drumyeonmore Farm. Access appears permitted / tolerated. Followed the track W, then S on newly constructed track avoiding Ardailly, then onto the mown grassy paths to SW end of Upper Loch. A faint path continues S, winding it's way around rhododendron clumps. Remember the route for your return journey. Bracken and brambles start to take over, and after crossing the mapped E-W fence they are very bad. Perpare for 400m of hellish thrash. The summit is quite pleasant once reached. Boots and gaiters are recommended.Minto14/06/2022
Approached from Cnoc Coille Bharr over exceptionally difficult terrain with brambles, whin and bracken and the odd crawl through scrubby willow for a change of scene. Descent to Ardlamey wasn't much better despite this being winter and the bracken being deid. Take a machete with you.sclater19/01/2020
Walked from the village, enjoyed the gardens en route. Then up through the undergrowth from Ardlamy. Pretty dense at times with brambles, and bracken getting going too. Bryher was very brave! Elected to return by our thrashed route rather than looking for anything better. Easier going back!jenx04/06/2019
Moved the car to Ardailly (NR 6439 5070). Good track to the mill (NR 6414 5067) after which a bit tricksie. To avoid the initial gorse and bracken keep to the shoreline. The only other tricky bit is a seemingly impeneterable barrier of rhododendron, but it can be negotiated at NR 6372 5029. Other than that it really is a bracken and bramble-fest. A nasty hill, not to be repeated.jonglew31/10/2018
It's not often that I give up on a hill, but this is definitely one for the winter. Approaches from Ardlamey were completely blocked by head high bracken, brambles and gorse. after several sorties each of which gained me a few metres in an inordinate amount of time, I elected to abandon the attemptColin Crawford06/08/2016
Sixth Tump of the day. Part of a continual run from Na Crogachan Pier at the north of the island. Return weaving away through fence lines gates walls gorse back to Ardminish and the Gigha Hotel, where the Memsahib awaited with a beer and a sandwich for me. :-)Shutterlag05/05/2016
From Ardlamey farm , not recommended because of the abundant brambles and bracken.chalky195318/09/2015
From Creag Bhan via the mill at Port an Duin.summitsup26/09/2012
Jill Robertson14/06/2022
Martin R15/06/2016
RichardM27/07/1977