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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 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 455 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Self and dog, from the middle car park in Dollar Glen. Extremely fine ice-marginal meltwater channels at the Banks of Dollar. | Invicta14 | 24/02/2024 |
Parked at Castle Campbell and climbed in unseasonably warm weather, until I hit mist and rain at the top. | SootAndShale | 18/02/2024 |
The Law, Ben Cleuch, Andrew Gannel Hill & King's Seat Hill. | duchally | 18/01/2024 |
Round from Glen Sherup. Day started off wet and windy with aftermath of Storm Babet. Finished dry with sun. | cjo | 21/10/2023 |
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 out | Isbjorn | 21/09/2023 |
Ben Cleuch horseshoe from Tillicoultry. | PeteF | 15/09/2023 |
4 of 4: From Cairnmorris Hill. With Karen. | ChrisR | 06/09/2023 |
With Luna - Dollar Glen Circuit including Saddle Hill and Bank Hill | Bingo999 | 07/08/2023 |
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 Singer | 17/07/2023 |
28th time. | russell61 | 15/04/2023 |
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. | jonglew | 24/02/2023 |
SHC walk from Dollar Golf Club. Circuit of King's Seat, Skythorn, Tarmangie, Whitewisp and Innerdownie. | TRG318 | 11/12/2022 |
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. | RobertP | 15/10/2022 |
with oli | ryancomet | 10/10/2022 |
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. | tim747 | 04/08/2022 |
From Castle Campbell via Bank Hill. | Alan | 07/06/2022 |
Tillicoultry-The Law-Andrew Gannel Hill-Skythorn Hill-Cairnmorris Hill-Tarmangie Hill-Whitewisp Hill-Innerdownie-King's Seat Hill-Tillicoultry | campagvelocet | 24/05/2022 |
https://www.strava.com/activities/7050303284 | Graham22b | 27/04/2022 |
Parked in Mill Street, Tillicoultry. Up path above Mill Glen with a short diversion to Elistoun Hill on the way up. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 03/03/2022 |
Tillicoultry - Silver Glen - Ben Ever - Ben Cleuch - The Law - Andrew Gannel Hill - King's Seat Hill - Tillicoultry | davidpettit84 | 01/01/2022 |
King's Seat Hill - Ochils Donald. From Tillicoultry | hummusg | 08/12/2021 |
Started at Castle Campbell and went round bank hill to top. | Big H | 24/10/2021 |
Starting in Mill Street, Tillicoultry. King's Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, The Law, Ben Cleuch, Ben Ever | tsharp | 23/10/2021 |
yorkielad | 13/10/2021 | |
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. | sclater | 01/10/2021 |
Cool wind today. Nice walk with sclater. Bumped into Mr. Hewitt on the ascent and had a brief and pleasant exchange. | Adrian | 01/10/2021 |
From Dollar for a round of King's Seat Hill, Andrew Gannel Hill, Cairnmorris Hill, Tarmangie Hill, Innerdownie and Whitewisp Hill. | rhalstead | 04/09/2021 |
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 C | 02/08/2021 |
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. | KeithByTheC | 04/07/2021 |
First time up the Ochils was a fantastic walk can’t wait to do more. | Cookie1498 | 21/04/2021 |
With L & R from Tillicoultry after slight detour to Elistoun Hill. | Janet M | 04/04/2021 |
walk with club, Beverly Mari Kelvin and myself | JamesSDonald | 02/04/2021 |
King's Seat Hill & Andrew Gannel Hill circuit from Tillycoultry. | thekirkie pirate | 17/03/2021 |
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!) | niallp | 25/01/2021 |
With Lorna and David. Christmas present exchange | Skerryvore | 19/12/2020 |
SHC walk from Woodland Park: Mill Glen, King's Seat, Andrew Gannel, Cleuch, Ever and back via Silver Glen. | TRG318 | 25/10/2020 |
The Law, Ben Cleuch, Andrew Gannel Hill and King's Seat Hill from Tillicoultry. WS, N. | Fred Windsor | 24/07/2020 |
From Tillicoultry. Nice runnable descent. | quadbarrel | 06/02/2020 |
From Castle Campbell CP, Saddle Hill, Whitewisp, Tarmangie, King's Seat and Bank Hill. | TRG318 | 17/01/2020 |
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. | rjf35 | 04/01/2020 |
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. | csinclair185 | 03/01/2020 |
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. | Longwojo | 13/11/2019 |
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. | chrisbien | 12/10/2019 |
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) | gerrybowes | 04/09/2019 |
Glendevon, Ben Ever, Ben Cleuch, Andrew Gannel Hill, Tarmangie Hill and King's Seat Hill with GN | trimarc2 | 08/08/2019 |
Climbed from Tillicoultry glen, with Stuart Cook, sunny day hazy in distance. | chillyman8 | 29/04/2019 |
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. | PGCE | 26/02/2019 |
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. | RichardM | 05/10/2018 |