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Name: | Benaquhallie |
Hill number: | 1517 |
Height: | 494m / 1621ft |
RHB Section: | 21B: Fraserburgh to the Dee Valley |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen), Catchment Boundaries, Don (Aberdeen) |
Watershed: | Aberdeen Bay |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Y) |
Grid ref: | NJ 60641 08691 |
Summit feature: | trig point |
Drop: | 211m |
Col: | 283m NJ525062 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 37 (1:25k) OL59E 405E |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 203 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked in a little green pull in at the beginning of the track to Upper Dagie. Up the track past Upper Broomhill Farm, until through the gate of the last fence beside the forest. Up through deep then a line of burnt off heather to the summit. To descend followed the good path by th wall to the col with Red hill then back down the track. 2.6 miles Just over 1hr round trip. | JulieB | 01/10/2023 |
From Redhill, trigpillar at summit. Took direct path past impressive cairn back to upper broomhill. Compared notes with Julie in evening. | cjo | 01/10/2023 |
Stickman | 07/08/2023 | |
highlandrock | 04/08/2023 | |
Emtb from end of road to south | PeteF | 21/06/2023 |
scott duncan | 18/06/2023 | |
Evening hike up from south path/track from farm then higher up, cut up west through the heather to summit | vegibagger | 16/06/2023 |
from minor road and at Upper Broomhill | BLACKHILL | 19/05/2023 |
m0jla | 15/05/2023 | |
Easy ascent on path next to dyke. Done after Red hill with Bob. Zero visibility. Was shocked to find a giant cairn south of trig point. | Play2End | 06/05/2023 |
BasherBob | 06/05/2023 | |
ketzster | 16/03/2023 | |
With Minto & DD after Red Hill | mntainman | 05/12/2022 |
From parking just S of Upper Broomhill, via Red Hill. | Minto | 05/12/2022 |
A short walk from Red Hill, along the track running south of the wall. With Minto & Mntainman. | Dangerous Dave | 05/12/2022 |
As per others parked in a spot at the end of the tarmac section. Nice easy up and down with the young pup | Pilotralph | 14/10/2022 |
booboowalking | 02/10/2022 | |
Andrew Stalker | 28/08/2022 | |
Crawford Lindsay | 27/05/2022 | |
wintergreen | 27/05/2022 | |
bobhem25 | 19/05/2022 | |
Quick bag on a wet day. You can drive to upper broomhill, only really space for 1/2 cars, so might have a problem here. Hardly a long walk if you have to park fruther away. | hils | 16/05/2022 |
Direct from Upper Broomhill. Back down via burnt off heather patches. | JGC | 02/05/2022 |
Parked at NJ605077, continued along track behind Upper Broomhill, NE then N, left track ca NJ611087 and headed directly W uphill to summit, descending SE down to track, return to parking (55m) | kdbennett | 08/03/2022 |
Parked at Upper Broomhill, followed track to saddle and then another track to summit. | nicolajane | 24/01/2022 |
DaveO | 22/12/2021 | |
DaveO | 10/12/2021 | |
Self and dog, from south. We parked at NJ 606074 but up by the disused Upper Broomhill farm buildings would have been better. Fine day; Bennachie prominent in the view to NE. | Invicta14 | 18/09/2021 |
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: 
 
If only I'd been more prepared and read the log of BigJ! Parked at NJ 60600 07700 then headed up the track towards the farm. Decided on a direct approach to the cairn up pathless ground which became increasing steep and the heather was very deep. Robbie found it tough and needed a bit of a carry the rest of us tried our best. Once at cairn we spotted a great track to the trig and once at the trig a massive track down to another track heading back to the parking. Suggest you follow this route. Main track to NJ 61154 09280, follow track and wall to trig. | thejackrustles | 28/08/2021 |
benarmine | 18/08/2021 | |
carole engel | 11/08/2021 | |
Jenn | 27/05/2021 | |
AFD90 | 20/04/2021 | |
Fiona Richardson | 03/04/2021 | |
Up path to col and then due west to summit. Straight down via the large cairn. Unfinished business. This route much easier than the attempt via Red Hill up iced up forest tracks and then over deep heather and soft snow earlier in the winter. | sarahk | 20/03/2021 |
bagger14 | 06/03/2021 | |
Richard Martin | 26/08/2020 | |
Rod M | 26/07/2020 | |
stalky14 | 18/07/2020 | |
RodMcGovern | 26/06/2020 | |
Jossker | 25/06/2020 | |
2/2 with Red Hill from Upper Dagie, easy track from East either side of boundary wall to summit trig and huge cairn | PDuncan82 | 25/01/2020 |
alasdaircairns | 21/01/2020 | |
Simon Winton | 29/12/2019 | |
Lower Dagie circular. | Smudge | 23/12/2019 |
Opportune visit before collecting 3 feral cats (mother and 2 kittens)from vet at nearby Torphins, after they had been neutered. A sparkling afternoon of sunshine, wind and darkening threatening cumulus clouds, that for once behaved themselves. A great vantage point for overlooking the surrounding lower hilly countryside twixt Dee and Don. A very easy track ascent via the col and alongside a wall all way from Upper Broomhill,(which does not visit the large prominent cairn seen on the hill crest from below). Red Hill easily added.The buildings of Upper Broomhill are showing their age since they were documented in 1857 as a farmsteading and dwelling house, the former slated and the latter thatched, and at the time both in good repair. | Chris Pearson | 23/09/2019 |
gary1981 | 17/08/2019 | |
Ledi | 17/08/2019 | |
With big J | Nozzer | 26/06/2019 |
Parked at the top of the sealed road. Took the marked track to the right of the hill until the wall at the bealach. Followed an ATV track to the trig. Great views. | BigJ | 26/06/2019 |