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Name:King's Seat Hill
Hill number:1645
Height:648m / 2126ft
Parent (Ma):1642  Ben Cleuch
RHB Section:26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose
Donald area:Ochil Hills
County/UA:Clackmannanshire
Catchment:Forth
Class:Hump, Simm, Donald, Graham Top, Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,Sim,D,GT,DN,Y)
Grid ref:NS 93387 99986
Summit feature:tiny cairn c20m E of larger cairn
Drop:135m
Col:513m  NN928004  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 58
(1:25k) 366E
Observations:larger cairn is at NS 93365 99990; ground 5-15m E and NE possibly as high
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 455 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Self and dog, from the middle car park in Dollar Glen. Extremely fine ice-marginal meltwater channels at the Banks of Dollar.Invicta1424/02/2024
Parked at Castle Campbell and climbed in unseasonably warm weather, until I hit mist and rain at the top.SootAndShale18/02/2024
The Law, Ben Cleuch, Andrew Gannel Hill & King's Seat Hill.duchally18/01/2024
Round from Glen Sherup. Day started off wet and windy with aftermath of Storm Babet. Finished dry with sun.cjo21/10/2023
Dedicated parking in Alva 100m N of golf club car park (NS885976). PF up the Alva Glen, crossing burn several times, then sticking to zig zags on steep W flank until gate and stile. Through gate, thin path fades out, then zig zag up on grass between bracken, to gully up Wee Torry (not recommended in descent unless you’ve been up this route before), on to Mid Cairn, then Bengengie Hill. ATV tk to Blairdenon Hill and round to Craighorn before col at NN888010, then pathless to col at NN894005 and up to Ben Ever. Up Ben Cleuch, greatly assisted by the wind, on to Andrew Gannel Hill and col at NN928004, up King’s Seat Hill and back to col. FP down E flank of Gannel Burn seems to be falling into disuse. Back along A91 to Alva, to give wind a chance to dry everything outIsbjorn21/09/2023
Ben Cleuch horseshoe from Tillicoultry.PeteF15/09/2023
4 of 4: From Cairnmorris Hill. With Karen.ChrisR06/09/2023
With Luna - Dollar Glen Circuit including Saddle Hill and Bank HillBingo99907/08/2023
From Castle Campbell car park. Free of charge for all Campbells. Good path all the way. Quite a steep climb. Great views. Met a pleasant couple from the Lake District and we accompanied each other to Andrew Gannel Hill.Campbell Singer17/07/2023
28th time.russell6115/04/2023
From Dollar Glen, parking half way up the hill to Castle Campbell. Whitewisp Hill, Innerdownie, Tarmangie Hill, Cairnmorris Hilland Skythorn Hill first. Then took a near enough direct line up to here. On to Elistoun Hill and return for a 21k round.jonglew24/02/2023
SHC walk from Dollar Golf Club. Circuit of King's Seat, Skythorn, Tarmangie, Whitewisp and Innerdownie.TRG31811/12/2022
Round of hills from centre of Dollar by Dollar Burn. Walked up road on E side of Dollar Burn then track above Burn of Care. Then picked route through felled forestry up SW ridge of Hillfoot Hill. Descended W through felled area then steep area between older trees and young forestry. Took a steep and direct route to reach summit of Whitewisp Hill. Easy continuation to Tarmangie Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Stythorn Hill and Andrew Gannel Hill. Descended E to beallach, then climbed outlier Elistoun Hill before returning to beallach and climbing King's Seat Hill. Descent ESE along ridge and then interesting path by Dollar Burn. Mixture of sunshine and rain.RobertP15/10/2022
with oliryancomet10/10/2022
Up and down from Castle Campbell. Started in thick fog, but emerged into bright sunshine with an inversion just before the Spitfire memorial.the pigguy 13/08/2022
Tillicultry, Silver Glen, Ben Ever, Ben Cleuch, The Law, Andrew Gannel Hill, King's Seat Hill.tim74704/08/2022
From Castle Campbell via Bank Hill.Alan07/06/2022
Tillicoultry-The Law-Andrew Gannel Hill-Skythorn Hill-Cairnmorris Hill-Tarmangie Hill-Whitewisp Hill-Innerdownie-King's Seat Hill-Tillicoultrycampagvelocet24/05/2022
https://www.strava.com/activities/7050303284Graham22b27/04/2022
Parked in Mill Street, Tillicoultry. Up path above Mill Glen with a short diversion to Elistoun Hill on the way up. Solo.Dangerous Dave03/03/2022
Tillicoultry - Silver Glen - Ben Ever - Ben Cleuch - The Law - Andrew Gannel Hill - King's Seat Hill - Tillicoultrydavidpettit8401/01/2022
King's Seat Hill - Ochils Donald. From Tillicoultryhummusg08/12/2021
Started at Castle Campbell and went round bank hill to top.Big H24/10/2021
Starting in Mill Street, Tillicoultry. King's Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, The Law, Ben Cleuch, Ben Evertsharp23/10/2021
 yorkielad13/10/2021
With @Adrian from Alva Glen CP up The Nebit, Ben Ever, Craighorn, Ben Cleuch, The Law, Andrew Gannel Hill and King's Seat, then descent down to Tillicoutry. Very easy route with sheepy paths for most of it.sclater01/10/2021
Cool wind today. Nice walk with sclater. Bumped into Mr. Hewitt on the ascent and had a brief and pleasant exchange.Adrian01/10/2021
From Dollar for a round of King's Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Tarmangie Hill, Innerdownie and Whitewisp Hill.rhalstead04/09/2021
Really hot and quite oppressive on the climb up from Dollar Glen, but then it cooled quite nicely on the walk over to Ben Cleuch.Alex C02/08/2021
From Skythorn Hill. Initially good path to col with Andrew Gannel Hill. Then faint to non-existent path southeast towards col with King's Seat Hill. Steeply up on reasonable path to the summit. Then down on good path to Castle Campbell. KeithByTheC04/07/2021
First time up the Ochils was a fantastic walk can’t wait to do more.Cookie149821/04/2021
With L & R from Tillicoultry after slight detour to Elistoun Hill.Janet M04/04/2021
walk with club, Beverly Mari Kelvin and myselfJamesSDonald02/04/2021
King's Seat Hill & Andrew Gannel Hill circuit from Tillycoultry.thekirkie pirate17/03/2021
My first ascent. Had it to myself as with much of the day. From Hillfoot CP, Dollar via Saddle Hill, Whitewisp, Tarmangie, Kings Seat and off nr Windy Edge return. Deep snow, mix of firm and soft above 1500ft. Cold westerly and warming sunshine. Beautiful winter’s day for a local classic. (5hrs!)niallp25/01/2021
With Lorna and David. Christmas present exchangeSkerryvore19/12/2020
SHC walk from Woodland Park: Mill Glen, King's Seat, Andrew Gannel, Cleuch, Ever and back via Silver Glen.TRG31825/10/2020
The Law, Ben Cleuch, Andrew Gannel Hill and King's Seat Hill from Tillicoultry. WS, N.Fred Windsor24/07/2020
From Tillicoultry. Nice runnable descent.quadbarrel06/02/2020
From Castle Campbell CP, Saddle Hill, Whitewisp, Tarmangie, King's Seat and Bank Hill.TRG31817/01/2020
From Dollar, round of King's Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, Ben Cleuch and Ben Ever, descending to Tillicoultry and returning to Dollar along Devon Way in the dark. Cloud down and fierce icy winds on summits.rjf3504/01/2020
Park of five hills covered from Castle Campbell, following sign to King's Seat, then down north side, across Burn of Sorrow and then to Tarmangie and Whitewisp.csinclair18503/01/2020
From Tillicoultry. Straight up to The Law, across to Ben Cleuch and Ben Ever, double back over Ben Cleuch onto Andrew Gannel and King's Seat Hill back to Tillicoultry. Beautiful clear day, snow lying from about 400 metres. Great views in all directions. Mist over the Forth. 5 hours. 11 miles.Longwojo13/11/2019
With Meet-up group. From the main carpark down into the glen and to the castle. Mostly up the S bank of the Burn of Sorrow then up the n shoulder to the top. Path back down to castle then along the road to the car. About 21 of us.chrisbien12/10/2019
Parked at the top of Upper Mill Street in Tillicoultry - Path up the dramatic Mill Glen to junction at 912982 - Sharp right, up steps & then turned left along good path to fork at 916987 - Took right branch & up ridge to summit cairn. Continued to Andrew Gannel Hill. (S)gerrybowes04/09/2019
Glendevon, Ben Ever, Ben Cleuch, Andrew Gannel Hill, Tarmangie Hill and King's Seat Hill with GNtrimarc208/08/2019
Climbed from Tillicoultry glen, with Stuart Cook, sunny day hazy in distance.chillyman829/04/2019
Parked at Glendevon and walked to Castle Campbell. Then King's Seat, Andrew Gannel, Skythorn, Tarmangie, Whitewisp, Innerdownie. Direct return to Glendevon on grassy path.PGCE26/02/2019
HP is small cairn within grass- but much larger cairn and windshelter with superb views at SE end of ridge. Lovely sunny circuit from Dollar Glen.Nearby is memorial to 3 1943 crashed spitfire crews.Denise 05/10/2018
Up from Castle Campbell past the large cairn and wind shelter - great views - to the true summit E of the next cairn on the ridge. Rough grass.RichardM05/10/2018