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| Name: | Dron Hill |
| Hill number: | 12952 |
| Height: | 211m / 692ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1670 King's Seat |
| RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
| County/UA: | Perth and Kinross |
| Catchment: | Tay |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | NO 28906 32106 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground in centre of fort |
| Drop: | 34m |
| Col: | 177m NO281326  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 53 (1:25k) 380E 380W |
| Observations: | flat summit area |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 22 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From fab parking at Piperdam Loch, along good path N side then signposted route up Blacklaw Hill and Trig. ATV tracks to BH W Top. More good track curling N, NW, S to gate and path through forest to track to minor road. Up Ballo Hill from mast track opp Thrawparts. Short grass W down to wooden fence at hole in wall. Easy to cross under bw. Grass and track SW to South Ballo. NW down to visible wall gap to cross stream to forest track. Anticlockwise loop, all pathed to Northballo Hill. Retraced steps then zigzag down to Lairds Loch. At W end of loch carry on N ish over low fence and up soon obvious track near edge of wood. Cross easy fence to summit Hill of Dores. Retrace return to Loch lovely lunch spot. Out to Tullybaccart CP then S down road to Littleton. Good track E to Redmyre. Here we crossed 2 fences but if we had stayed N of fence maybe better. Past Redmyre Cott and easy gates to Dron Hill. Rtn N of Dron , Balruddery to Piperdam. Superb 22km, 500m ascent. | Lynnebe | 22/11/2023 |
| Parking on bend of minor road. A damp morning underfoot. Good views. | Play2End | 24/09/2023 |
| Parked on verge by big house. Easy walk up to fabulous view point. | Adrian | 15/06/2022 |
| From bend in road. Fence near summit fairly easy to cross at fence/gate junction to SE. | daviemore | 04/03/2021 |
| Good parking at corner NW of Millhill | duchally | 13/03/2020 |
| from bend in the road, parked on verge, small section of track, through gate uphill at edge of woods, 1 fence to cross to the top. | robertphillips | 02/02/2019 |
| From SE, starting at big bend in road. Short track followed by steep but short grass. Unable to find any way round or through barbed fence near the top. | Topographer57 | 08/01/2018 |
| Steep climb from a track just north of Millhill. | summitter | 01/12/2017 |
| From bend in road, then up very steep field, pitted by cattle | Colin Crawford | 26/10/2017 |
| Surprisingly steep in parts from road to SE. Fort walls clearly visible. | NormanW | 25/08/2017 |
| As Chrisbien. Very interesting cattle watering device just through second gate. Looks fairly new. | Minto | 14/07/2017 |
| With alda. 10 of 32. | Lindsay M | 30/05/2015 |
| Good track from NO217377 up to edge of trees then flat field edge. A fine spot to look down to the city lights of Dundee and enjoy the early light of a bright new dawn. 10 of 32. | alda | 30/05/2015 |
| From SW. Good parking at NO 293317. Flat summit surrounded by levelled fort ramparts. | richtea5040 | 04/02/2015 |
| P start of track to Redmyre. Walkers welcome sign. Along track to sharp bend then two gates to top. | chrisbien | 08/11/2014 |
| hill walker | 24/09/2022 | |
| AFD90 | 31/01/2022 | |
| Tony S | 22/03/2021 | |
| Tricky | 21/10/2020 | |
| Oik | 21/02/2018 | |
| clashcityrocker | 22/08/2005 | |
| benarmine | 01/08/1984 |