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Name: | Cnoc nam Broighleag |
Hill number: | 1400 |
Height: | 314m / 1030ft |
RHB Section: | 19A: Oban to Loch Fyne |
County/UA: | Argyll and Bute |
Catchment: | Fyne |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,3,Y) |
Grid ref: | NR 94013 93723 |
Summit feature: | rock by trig point |
Drop: | 160m |
Col: | 154m NR958961 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 55 (1:25k) 358N 362N |
Observations: | all other tops SW or SE of summit are lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 112 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Loch Glashan.Having tried all 3 firebreaks from the main forest track the easiest two are the one about 7 metres past the 4 logs spanning the ditch (entrance not promising looking) or the wide swathe immediately beyond.If using the log one up to a large blue bucket and traverse right for 10 metres then up again until below the grassy ramp.This route is dry underfoot with no branch fighting.If using the wide swathe option(bit boggy lower down) then up until an easy traverse left leads to a grassy ramp leading upwards. | ARM | 06/05/2023 |
Thanks Nigel for the tip about driving to Birdfield Quarry. Parked just before, then took good track running S starting E of the old quarry to fence and gate. Faint ATV track comes and goes up the burn below Creag Chaise, then strike out to the fence, then tussocks and coo tracks up the bogs to the head of the valley, then shitey heather and tussocks, eventually finding a very old, faint ATV track running close to the pointy, grassy, dry summit. Takes longer than the short distance would indicate because it's pretty rough despite the intermittent tracks. | Gill | 17/01/2022 |
9th top of 11 on a 22.8km linear traverse from bus stop south of Birdfield, continuing from Cnoc Buidhe heading South through woodland to reach a track and then veerfing off this to break out of the forest and climb up past the 303m spot height and then onto the top beside the Trig. Onwards to the West top.. | Dazingdale | 11/09/2021 |
Parked a couple of hundred yards up the unpaved road above Birdfield (with permission) | paulhilder | 13/08/2021 |
Walked up from Loch Glashan dam using a fire break from the forestry track at NR935930. Bracken, heather and bog myrtle make it harder but once up via first wee reentrant to NE and over to the fence line it's not so bad. Went over West Top 1st then on to Creag Chaise, Creag Fheargach before returning via Lochan Dubh - lots of water lilies | Heather TS | 29/06/2021 |
MC JC O From forestry cp to south. Walk along forest roads to near end of track. Followed deer tracks between old and new plantation to pop out onto open hill. Over low fence around the loch and steeply up to the summit. Good views. Loch very silted and muddy. Once probably used for fishing before forest planting. | Martin66 | 31/05/2021 |
We failed to find a sensible route from the forestry track that runs to Creag na Sgroille, but on the way back down to the Glashan Dam, Deana spied a newly cut/mown route through the trees at around 922928. This enabled easy access through the dense afforestation and onto the moorland ridge. A simple SW-NE traverse over heathery ground took us to Cnoc nam Broighleag's West Top then fine main summit. Reversed the route down. | summitter | 30/08/2020 |
Solo walk with Lily and rosie during social islolation for coronavirus. Sunny cool dry day. From Loch Glashan forestry carpark, past dam, followed forestry track till close by Cnoc nam Broighleag, through brash and open moorland to trig point. | alexmaclennan | 22/03/2020 |
Parked near Birdfield and followed upgraded forestry track to near Loch Bealach. Then a bit of a trudge over very wet soft ground to the top. | Simon Winton | 17/02/2020 |
From SW. Old overgrown track leads up to top edge of forest, starting from E side of burn (NR933930). Mini ridge to lochan and onto both tops from there. | Lindsay M | 19/10/2019 |
P near quarries to E (as N. Morters). 
Over several hillocks to summit. | ger | 10/09/2019 |
As N Morters. | PGCE | 23/05/2019 |
From Birdfield... the owner of Birdfield came over for a chat as I parked, told me I could drive up to a newish quarry on the high point where plenty space. So I did... Easy trott over the humpy ground to trigpoint on some vague paths. | N.Morters | 11/01/2019 |
As Chris Peart, from SW, didn't find path but trees are mature and walking northish through the rows was easy. Frozen tussocks, sunny, calm and great views | iangalbraith | 07/01/2018 |
Drove to lochan from Birdfield then the usual pathless trudge across tussocky mossy ground to summit. Bit better higher up. | AndrewFinnimore | 25/06/2017 |
From Birdfield, forestry track defended by NAV notice but no gate so risked driving in about 50 yards in the absence of any other local parking. Right turn to upper track as far as Pt 192, along the ridge then back via the corrie on its south side. | Topographer57 | 31/05/2017 |
Traversed the hill, SW to NE, there's a useful path at NR932930, which follows the burn up to the lochan. | Chris Peart | 12/05/2017 |
Cnoc nam Broighleag and Sidhean Mor using track from Birdfield to quarry. | RobertP | 02/04/2017 |
Crumble2's 1000th!!! | softsquare | 29/12/2016 |
Delighted to make 1000. 14 folk on this little hill on a fine clear day. | Crumblie2 | 29/12/2016 |
CRUMBLE 2 1000TH MARILYN | Thorny | 29/12/2016 |
Walked up private road from Birdfield cottage to loch and then across rough up and down heather and bracken moor to top. The last part was tough but the views were rewarding part from large wind farm to North West. New quarry works near loch. Walked back to Minard for tea but the shop was shut on Tuesday afternoon | trimarc2 | 23/08/2016 |
From house at Birdfield. Track to right is permissable road, with drive up to Lochan at nr 200m. Then tussockty/heather ground to summit. | nordicstar | 09/01/2016 |
Made a nice snowy walk through hummocky ground on forest edges. A bit of a mess lower down where we parked by compuond. | jenx | 09/01/2016 |
track at birdfield to loch, then over rough ground to the summit. | robertphillips | 30/11/2014 |
With Mora, from the forest track to Loch Glushan,at nr 923922. | BLACKHILL | 25/03/2014 |
nice wee hill on a warm day | tom smith | 24/03/2011 |
Been up here 6 times since 2010, I always follow the stream up 946-933. | DavieRuts | 01/01/2010 |
Detour off the Loch Glashan bike trail, from col to NE | tim747 | 23/03/2009 |
From Birdfield. Turned left on forest drive and immediately into felled trees, swamp and impassable brush. Clamber over debris to find similar obstacles. Up through trees to a wall, followed around, over a wire fence to open moor. Very steeply up on dead bracken to ridge. 5 or 6 tumps avoided bypassing them to column 8760 at 13.50. Cuckoo. | arranc | 01/05/2007 |
Revisit. Fine complex summit, fine view. Track from S then wettish path thru trees & rough heather bracken tussocky slopes. | RHW | 09/10/2006 |
With the F.C. | The Captain | 13/01/2002 |
Date is first visit. Notes from later...decent summit, wide view, snow. A83 956941, tk NW, wall W, fnece N then open heathery hill | RHW | 30/12/2000 |
From Birdfield Wood. | Eddie | 29/05/2000 |
With Claire. | MickyRoss | 26/10/1997 |
fergie | 28/06/2021 | |
chrispine | 10/11/2020 | |
Sick Kid | 30/07/2020 | |
weaselmaster | 30/07/2020 | |
Janet M | 19/10/2019 | |
iainwalton | 03/11/2018 | |
govanah | 23/10/2017 | |
tallscottishguy | 23/10/2017 | |
Isbjorn | 11/05/2017 | |
chalky1953 | 14/02/2017 | |
NormanW | 23/11/2016 | |
Gallovidian | 02/06/2016 | |
grumpy | 29/11/2015 | |
richtea5040 | 24/10/2015 | |
Kompass | 09/07/2015 |