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Name: | Millstone Hill |
Hill number: | 1522 |
Height: | 408.8m / 1341ft |
RHB Section: | 21B: Fraserburgh to the Dee Valley |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Don (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Y) |
Grid ref: | NJ 67672 20247 |
Summit feature: | rock |
Drop: | 154m |
Col: | 255m NJ678211 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 38 (1:25k) OL62E 420E 421W |
Observations: | base of large cairn 25m NE at NJ 67695 20261 is 1m 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 266 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Donview car park, following the path markers for Millstone Hill. | nathan79 | 12/07/2023 |
Emtb from NE side - tall rock steps on way up meant sections of hikeabike | PeteF | 25/06/2023 |
From Donview car park. Up marked trail to Millstone Hill, then over to Mither Tap and Oxen Craig, descended S to Gordon Way, and back over Millstone Hill to the car park. | curlebd | 27/05/2023 |
from back o Benachie cp | BLACKHILL | 19/09/2022 |
From Donside carpark. Had done the main route up and down multiple times over the years but hadn't been up for a while so decided to have a go at the circular route anti-clockwisse and take in Scare Hill at the same time. Good clear track up to the bealach between MH and SH. However from there the track heads NW up through the wood which has not as yet been cleared from the tree fall storm damage from last year. There are tracks that circumnavigate the tree fall but it does get quite tricky in places to pick your way through. I wouldn't advise using this route if you don't have good sense of direction or are a bit claustriphobic, I was using the walkhighland route tracker map so was able to see where I was in realtion to the main track and was able to find my way back to it further up. Once out of the wood the track is clear all the way to summit. Went back down the main route avoiding any tree fall. | Jossker | 25/08/2022 |
Waymarked path from Donview Carpark. | JGC | 01/05/2022 |
From Donview car park to the south, followed good paths to summit, followed same route back to the car park. | JasonStark | 12/02/2022 |
From Donview car park [Bennachie Centre car park and trails closed after storm damage], up excellent marked trails to Millstone Hill, thence Mither Tap and Oxen Craig, descended S to Gordon Way, and followed that E and S (over some fallen trees) to the col N of Millstone Hill, then over that (15:05) and back down to Donview (4h20m) | kdbennett | 11/02/2022 |
Self and dog on Millstone Hill trail from south, an early trip before forecast rain. Very windy. | Invicta14 | 22/09/2021 |
From Bennachie car park 695216 followed Gordon Way to junction then onto Millstone Hill, back down to junction then up to Bennachie Oxen Craig, then decent over Mither Tap | JulieB | 18/06/2021 |
Weather had been rubbish all day. Only intended to have a wee walk around one of the shorter walks from the Bennachie centre but on a whim decided to climb Millstone Hill. Nice wee walk and clear enough considering all the clag that was hanging around. | Harley John | 20/05/2021 |
A super day including Bennachie from Donview. Great walking. | GWR Chris | 09/05/2021 |
A very pleasant walk along the Millstone Trail from Don View car park, detouring through trees and heather to the small old cairn a few feet beyond two fence posts on Scare Hill. Superb views of Bennachie, especially Mither Tap, from Millstone Hill. | Nick Down1 | 04/05/2021 |
Last hill of the day with Phil. Fantastic clear sunny day all day. Hoping to see the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn from the top. Waited and waited but a bank of thick cloud gathered on the horizon put paid to that plan. Descent in the dark. | sarahk | 22/12/2020 |
A round of geocaches with H | Pilotralph | 05/08/2020 |
second hill of day from bennachie car park- pay to park. | VerySlowPlodder | 12/03/2020 |
Tessa and I wanted to attempt the three peaks at Bennachie but we missed Watch Craig. The weather was lovely. We did Millstone Hill thinking it was one of the three. | GrantRSA | 25/01/2020 |
3.5 mile Millstone Trail circuit up and over Millstone Hill from the scenic Don View car park.Excellent firm very well maintained and signed path with many flat granite blocks making steps on western side. I walked anticlockwise in boots today but it would make a good running circuit especially clockwise. Opportunistic outing as finished early at Kemnay. Dry strong gales today with temperature rocketed to plus 13 degrees - too warm going up !(not as bad as the recent record shattering 48.9 degrees in Sydney and with the still burning devastating Australian bush fires).Left car park at 3.11pm back at 4.20pm in last photons of daylight. Had the place to myself, except for the masked carpenter in his wood shed by the car park. | Chris Pearson | 07/01/2020 |
From the Visitor Centre, along the Millstone Hill Trail to Mother Tap (fascinating spot), on to the Quarry Trail to Craigshannoch & Oxen Craig (Bennachie), then dodging the Bennachie 50k runners to Watch Craig. Down to the Gordon Way to Heather Brig, then on to the Heather Brig trail to Millstone Hill, doubling back to the Millstone Hill Trail towards Scare Hill. Only the final couple of hundred metres to the summit are off-path, largely heather and felled forest debris. A forest road leads back to the visitor centre. 4.5 hrs in total. Great walk in lovely Autumn sunshine. | summitter | 12/10/2019 |
With SJW. On a walk during Aberdeen Mega week. | meltdiceburg | 07/08/2019 |
From Scare Hill. Parking at Woodend, NJ699212, free, but sign says barrier is to be moved nearer to highway to prevent this. Forest tracks to col at NJ682196, then gravel and granite path to top, a bit circuitously. | Isbjorn | 24/05/2019 |
From Oxen Craig with Marli. Good path to summit with great views again. | bolton | 20/02/2019 |
tick | chazzyboy19 | 09/12/2018 |
With Rianne | gettingonabit | 31/10/2018 |
Excellent linear walk - Black Hill, Watch Crag, Oxen Craig, Bennachie, Millstone Hill. Highly recommend if two cars available. Good paths throughout. Popular hills, friendly walkers. | carole engel | 22/10/2018 |
Solo | HFB | 02/09/2018 |
From the Visitor’s Centre. | Lionel Bidwell | 11/07/2018 |
Up the Millstone trail from Don View car park to the south on an anticlockwise circuit over Scare Hill then Millstone Hill where had a good blether with Catherine and her black lab/springer cross, Hustle and she enthusing about her first grandchild born 9 days back to her son and German wife in Berlin, plus chat on summit with American Mike from Pitsburg but 40 years in Scotland and his dog Axel, then back down the western path. Wonderful walk on good well made trails. | vegibagger | 18/06/2018 |
From Mither Tap on good paths. | ger | 20/04/2018 |
Did Millstone Trail circuit from Donview car park. Up through recently felled area, then onto steep well constructed stone path to the summit, with views over Aberdeenshire and snowy Cairngorms. Down on paths through forestry. | PiranhaFish | 25/03/2018 |
Parked at Bennachie Visitors Centre, £2 for 3 hours.Up Gordon Way to where it signs Don Car Park and follow that sign to the summit. Easy | Coinneach | 21/03/2018 |
Nice circuit of Bennachie, Mither Tap and Millstone Hill from Mill of Tilliefoure. 3rd of 6 today: Cairn William, Bennachie, Millstone Hill, Hill of Fare, Benaquhallie, Craiglich. | PGCE | 22/02/2018 |
Solo. From Scare Hill. Good paths. | Dangerous Dave | 16/09/2017 |
From Don View free car park, a nice figure 8 walk to take in the tops. The direct FC red route to the summit of Millstone Hill is closed due to logging, but the green route is fine, and very nice, if little meandering. Over the top, and down to pick up the Gordon Trail, a lovely route to Oxen Craig, with superb views. Oxen Craig obscured by mist and rain, but cleared on the way to Mither Tap. Amazing walled staircase to summit. Back via the logging road. When it runs out, there are paths down through the felled area to join the red FC route, and a couple of yards of brash to negotiate. | Gill | 09/09/2017 |
From Essons car park and then just followed the way marked footpath. Continued on to Mither Tap and Oxen Craig and then back over Millstone Hill again. With Ben. | Peterb | 14/07/2017 |
Set off from visitors center to Mither Tap log the trig then on to Oxen Craig and back to this top.2of 2 done | Nozzer | 14/04/2017 |
Nice summit. | BigJ | 14/04/2017 |
3 of 4: From Mither Tap. | ChrisR | 06/12/2016 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 12/11/2016 |
3/3 with Elizyanne | GmacT | 07/04/2016 |
3/3 with GmacT | elizyanne | 07/04/2016 |
From path down off Mither Tap, fine paths, good bench half way on a sunshine day. | N.Morters | 02/04/2016 |
From Donview CP. A great path and nice heather and pine further up. Good view too. | jenx | 22/01/2016 |
From the south at the free Don View CP, 673189. Good track / path all the way. Up and down n under the hour, fine end of day sunshine through upper woodlands that were lovely. Felling of old spruce going on lower down however the green path seems established. | nordicstar | 22/01/2016 |
Up from Donview and back via NE clockwise path - another braw day this week | RocksRock | 02/10/2015 |
Circuit of Bennachie and Millstone Hill (via Mither Tap) from Rowantree car park, to NE of Bennachie. Route and write-up here: http://gayleybird.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/mither-tap-bennachie-oxen-craig-and.html | Gayle | 26/08/2015 |
from donview carpark great steps and path to the summit. | robertphillips | 15/05/2015 |
MC alone. Great short walk. | Martin66 | 11/12/2014 |
First visit here, up main track from Donside parking. Been here a number of times since. | mcbboyd | 02/11/2014 |
Track/path from the S. | AndrewFinnimore | 11/09/2014 |