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| Name: | Gallow Tuag (South Walls) |
| Hill number: | 12240 |
| Height: | 57m / 187ft |
| Parent (Ma): | none |
| RHB Section: | 23: Orkney Islands |
| County/UA: | Orkney Islands |
| Island: | Mono Tump island |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m), SIB (Tu,0,SIB) |
| Grid ref: | ND 30465 89542 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 57m |
| Col: | Sea |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 7 (1:25k) 462 |
| Observations: | summit lies between perimeter fence of landfill site and agricultural fence and is 27m W of trig point at ND 30494 89547 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 35 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Easy walk round fence edge of Orkney council hand fill site, from road to north. | vegibagger | 28/08/2022 |
| Round the landfill site. | NormanW | 07/08/2022 |
| No access problems. Trig and high point between the fences. Parked outside locked old landfill site. Solo. Went for a pint at The Royal Hotel afterwards. | Dangerous Dave | 06/08/2022 |
| As bolton. | Minto | 05/08/2022 |
| Old landfill site, WW2 concrete ruins and adjoining high fence - what a pretty and unspoiled summit | Colin Crawford | 02/08/2022 |
| Very easy after handy lift from ferry terminal | Tony S | 04/05/2022 |
| Easy parking on the road and then a walk around the perimeter fence of the landfill. Great views from an ugly spot. | bolton | 02/05/2022 |
| A 10 minute, 10pm, post-beer walk from the hotel up the road. Lovely spot to watch the sun go down and the corncrake to start up. | summitter | 23/07/2019 |
| South side of landfill site. Gulls a plenty, went to Trig and HP, no view low cloud. | PeterD | 28/06/2019 |
| Fortified by tea and splendid walnut cake at Emily's cafe, bagged this daft tump after the 3 Hoy Marilyns. Verge parking at the entrance to Aithsdale, then around the quarry fence to the top. Not a pretty summit at all. | Gill | 22/02/2019 |
| Short excursion rather than waiting in line for ferry after bagging the Hoy marilyns. Top in scruffy area on S side of a disused and fenced off quarry. Trig pillar, milestone and cut benchmark all nearby. | jonglew | 22/02/2019 |
| A short walk clockwise around the perimeter fence of the land fill site first reaches the trig point and then the un-marked island summit. With Alan. All a little uninspiring on a dull, misty afternoon. | RichardM | 28/07/2018 |
| Very easy around the compound fence. | jenx | 27/07/2018 |
| With Jenx, parked by compound fence, walked around | nordicstar | 27/07/2018 |
| Bagging the nearby trig. | BigJ | 07/05/2018 |
| New perimeter fence going up in this area and some landscaping done. Had a good wander round, in and out of new fence posts and surrounds to make sure summit bagged. | assynt_bob | 14/04/2017 |
| With Alan H and George. From road and round enclosure. Top just W of trig | chrisbien | 06/06/2014 |
| Parked beside Orkney Islands Council Gallowtuag Landfill Site then backed the TuMP and the Aithsdale trig with Jim Bloomer and Tricky Speirs. | Dugswell2 | 30/05/2014 |
| RHW | 03/06/2010 | |
| Pete R | 22/05/2023 | |
| grumpy | 29/03/2023 | |
| SteveG | 04/08/2022 | |
| Lorna S | 04/05/2022 | |
| bjewing | 23/09/2020 | |
| PM | 23/07/2019 | |
| Alan Whatley | 27/07/2018 | |
| AndyS | 20/07/2018 | |
| ad-lib | 09/06/2017 | |
| chalky1953 | 06/06/2014 | |
| Sherlock | 06/06/2014 | |
| Jim.Fothergill | 04/06/2014 | |
| jimbloomer | 30/05/2014 | |
| Tricky | 30/05/2014 | |
| Martin R | 17/05/2012 | |
| daviemore | blank |