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Name: | The Witter |
Hill number: | 12244 |
Height: | 54m / 177ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1551 Knap of Trowieglen |
RHB Section: | 23: Orkney Islands |
County/UA: | Orkney Islands |
Island: | Hoy |
Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
Grid ref: | ND 27974 89016 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 38m |
Col: | 16m ND272891 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 7 (1:25k) 462 |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 18 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Easy walk up fieldside from Road to the North | vegibagger | 28/08/2022 |
From the shed, up beside ploughed field, through gate and across field. | NormanW | 07/08/2022 |
Same route as Minto (but the day after). Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 06/08/2022 |
Roadside verge parking (ND 2813 8926). Short distance W along road to quarry and up the E side of it on a mapped track. | jonglew | 05/08/2022 |
Parked at start of most westerly track entrance to quarry. All three tracks soon converge. Up track at edge of quarry and over fence into summit field by a small building. | Minto | 05/08/2022 |
Parked at quarry entrance then easy walk to summit pasture. Surprisingly good views | Colin Crawford | 02/08/2022 |
Up and around the quarry, which seems to be a handy car-dumping location. Saves taking your used motor on the ferry I suppose. | summitter | 24/07/2019 |
A quick dash from the old roadside quarry with Rick. Initially up path then over BWF to levellish summit pasture. High point un-marked. | RichardM | 28/07/2018 |
With Richard M from the road, easy scamper | nordicstar | 28/07/2018 |
With Alan H and George. From quarry. | chrisbien | 06/06/2014 |
From NE, up via quarry, pasture summit. | RHW | 06/06/2014 |
Parked near the quarry entrance then easily bagged with Jim Bloomer and Tricky Speirs. A carpet of mushrooms at the summit. | Dugswell2 | 30/05/2014 |
Tony S | 04/05/2022 | |
Lorna S | 04/05/2022 | |
chalky1953 | 06/06/2014 | |
Sherlock | 06/06/2014 | |
jimbloomer | 30/05/2014 | |
Tricky | 30/05/2014 |