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Name:Glower
Hill number:12216
Height:102m / 335ft
Parent (Ma):1555  Milldoe - Mid Tooin
RHB Section:23: Orkney Islands
County/UA:Orkney Islands
Island:Orkney Mainland
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:HY 25101 25855
Summit feature:no feature: 27m N of junction of derelict walls
Drop:75m
Col:27m  HY244240  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 6
(1:25k) 463
Comments:summit re-located from Ravie Hill HY262252 in September 2013
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 25 users)ByDate of Ascent
From Birsay. Running. 16km solo. Counting bend in the road as people in at Glower and didn’t feel like trespassing.Fionalevey11/08/2023
parked close to gate and short wander through gate to high point in fieldgrumpy28/03/2023
05.50 from bend in the road over two gates and up to the domed to of the field disturbing a few cows beauty rest...!!vegibagger26/08/2022
Almost a drive up, as DD.Minto30/07/2022
Over two gates into empty field behind house. Parked by gate to west of summit. With JW & SG.Dangerous Dave30/07/2022
Almost a drive up, certainly, but no obvious parking so I walked from further west on the road. Easy stroll through a couple of fieldsColin Crawford28/07/2022
A ridiculously easy walk from verge parking by a gate just west of Glower. Across a field, hop a gate, then you're there. No climbing to speak of. A green pancakeGill25/02/2019
Parked at field gate, at bend in road (HY 2498 2584). Short walk to high point in pasture behind house.jonglew25/02/2019
From W up lane then gate into cow pasture and summit field. Fine views include Brough Head.RichardM31/07/2018
Solosimon and co01/05/2017
P at bend. Through two gates into crop fieldchrisbien04/06/2014
From SW: field behind house, on a showery morning.RHW02/06/2014
Easy bag from the road with Jim Bloomer and Tricky Speirs on a sunny afternoon.Dugswell231/05/2014
Matt17/10/2023
SteveG30/07/2022
mae30/07/2022
Simon Winton26/04/2022
kathyh28/05/2021
benarmine31/03/2019
nordicstar30/07/2018
alanm08/08/2014
richtea504005/06/2014
jimbloomer31/05/2014
Tricky31/05/2014
chalky195330/05/2014