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Name:Hill of Cairnton
Hill number:18923
Height:134.9m / 443ft
Parent (Ma):1517  Benaquhallie
RHB Section:21B: Fraserburgh to the Dee Valley
County/UA:Aberdeenshire
Catchment:Dee (Aberdeen)
Class:Tump (100-199m)
(Tu,1)
Grid ref:NO 65491 96157
Summit feature:ground in trees
Drop:50m
Col:84.8m  NO 6503 9657  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 38 45
(1:25k) OL59E 405E 406W
Comments:alternative col at NO 6481 9651
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 12 users)ByDate of Ascent
From NE then E ridge as others, forest track most of way, some windthrow, descended NW to pick up alternative forest road leading back to the estate roadRHW25/12/2022
Approached from the water works to the east which was opened by Queen Victoria and still supplies Aberdeen via pipe with treated water extracted here from the Dee(presumably a grill prevents the odd salmon being sucked in). Upgraded since and now with an added solar farm. Walked along Cairnton House estate road with mm high manicured grass verges before open woods and patches of non-manicured head high bracken to summit. Attempts to reach Hill of Trustach failed despite overcoming a lengthy palaver with over head high bracken, and pushing through a deer tunnel of sorts alongside a high fence under /through broom and gorse ( if I had a mishap here it would have been like looking for someone lost in the forests of Borneo). All this only for active forestery work in the wrong place around the Trustach summit with keep out signs.Chris Pearson03/09/2019
Gentle walk up along edge of open ish woodland from the private road to the east, to the wooded summit. Open easy access and very peacefulvegibagger16/06/2018
Jenn01/12/2023
lochfleet09/04/2021
dave g17/06/2020
govanah22/05/2020
Gonk31/12/2019
Dave McG01/07/2019
thelonious21/04/2018
hill walker07/01/2018
elma spencer09/01/2016