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Name:Candle Hill
Hill number:11718
Height:204m / 669ft
Parent (Ma):1516  Lord Arthur's Hill
RHB Section:21B: Fraserburgh to the Dee Valley
County/UA:Aberdeenshire
Catchment:Don (Aberdeen)
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:NJ661266 (est)
Drop:70m
Col:134m  NJ645267  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 38
(1:25k) OL62E 420E 421W

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 7 users)ByDate of Ascent
Came prepared with old heavyweight waterproofs and working gloves. Best approach into the gorse seems to be from 661266, very dense initially then barbed wire fence to cross. After that gorse is higher but less dense and ok to get through. Top easier to locate than thought it would be (66174 26627 measured on phone).Dave McG05/02/2022
Gorse all round the summit- very unpleasant.dave g18/01/2021
Without doubt the most unpleasant hill I've ever climbed! Even Strathgyle in the Dee catchment was better than this.. Previous report is inaccurate, the gorse is at least 8ft high in places. Though this can work in your favour as it's easier to go under the 'canopy' and avoid the prickles but you still have to fight through tangled stems. The gorse seems to extend about 100m in all direction from the summit with virtually no breaks. Parked at 'Smile' on the B9002, west along pavement for 100m, under railway, right along road past houses, under another bridge then easily across fields, over a low wall, then the battle begins....went prepared wearing old gardening clothes but a suit of armour might have been better.... even then there is still the sheer effort of pushing through, over or under the bushes. Summmit was a little better than expected - there are a couple of piles of rocks, covered in moss and gorse, probably old cairns, near the centre of the ring contour. Field to the west govanah09/10/2020
Gorse alert !Gonk11/02/2020
Horrendous gorse covers the summit some of it 6 feet high, never again!hill walker15/04/2018
Matt02/03/2023
fionnag18/01/2021