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Name:Auld Darkney [Craig Hill]
Hill number:4611
Height:545m / 1788ft
Parent (Ma):491  Ben Tirran
RHB Section:07B: Braemar to Montrose
County/UA:Angus
Catchment:South Esk
Class:Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five, Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,5,HF,Y)
Grid ref:NO 42257 66497
Summit feature:tiny cairn 10m S of fence post
Drop:132m
Col:413m  NO422672  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 44
(1:25k) 389
Observations:rough ground just to W may be as high
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 45 users)ByDate of Ascent
Anti clockwise round of Glen Moy skyline from Glen Moy farmdaviemore16/10/2022
St Arnolds's Seat, Naked Tam and Craig Hill from Redheugh along endless Angus Autobahns built for Avian Annihilating Aristocrat Assholes. The propaganda board near the beginning of the walk made me laugh/cry/sigh ... confusing emotions. The return via Keillor Wood gave at least some visual relief to the depressing landscape.summitter02/10/2022
Parked by beech hedge in front of cottage at Redheugh. Estate tracks, beware several down and ups to screened parking space near summit. S on tracks and moor to St Arnold's Seat, and the huge cairn SE.Minto28/02/2022
From Redheugh on estate tracks to within 150m of summit. Returned over St Arnold's Seat and Conlawer Hill.NormanW28/02/2022
Parked just beyond the Hillside track and bridge at NO4023 6457, where there's space for a few cars. Took the track towards Hillside, bypassed the loop and then followed the track all the way to within 250m of the summit. Across short heather to the summit.LizH17/11/2021
Self and dog from Glenmoy road end. Lovely day, heather in full bloom. Fences on Auld Darkney - Naked Tam ridge have been removed but a few posts remain, also some nasty coils/sharp ends of wire (take care if you have a dog). Saw an adder but no grouse.Invicta1408/08/2020
Solo. From parking area near end of public road in Glen Moy. I walked up track past Hillside (cottage) and then track to east of Donald’s Hill. Followed animal tracks to summit of Donald’s Hill. Rejoined track and went N to cairn where a crossing place is provided across an electric fence. Up to the summit of Craig Hill, which can be located by reference to an old fence post. Went S and soon joined a gravel track back to the road. This is a much easier route than the one I took on the ascent. A few drops of rain.pwbellarby19/07/2020
Auld darkney, st arnold seat, conlawer hill, from parking at redheugh 100m before end of road at gate near large beech tree.robertphillips26/02/2020
From RedheughGonk06/08/2019
A pleasure to return to glen ogil for this, lovely area. cycled in from kirriemuir, track goes virtually to the top.hils17/09/2018
Parked just before Redheugh and followed the road over St Arnolds Seat.Alan Moore26/07/2018
From top end of Glen Moy. Tracks almost all the way to summit.Lindsay M28/01/2018
Round of Auld Darkney and Pinderachy from RedheughTopographer5708/11/2017
Best feature of this hill was the descent through Keillor Wood.JohnW01/08/2017
Good track some of the way from Naked Tam but GPS useful for locating summit in thick mist. Tiny cairn next to fence post.alda25/01/2015
From SE, Redheugh, parked just before end of road, circuit incl Naked Tam and the SubHuMP, mostly on good unpaved roads. RHW28/10/2012
dave g24/02/2024
fionnag24/02/2024
richtea504022/02/2023
Tom Mundell02/10/2022
govanah05/03/2022
PeterAH17/11/2021
AndyS25/05/2021
AFD9013/05/2021
PM04/01/2020
interloper24/04/2018
Fletch24/04/2018
Tricky09/11/2017
Tony S11/12/2016
mae02/11/2016
Alan Whatley10/06/2016
Martin R11/04/2016
bjewing26/07/2015
Andrew Simmons06/03/2015
iaindbrown25/01/2015
hill walker15/04/2014
Mudskipper26/10/2013
Kiltie19/04/2013
bertbarnett12328/10/2012
Colin Crawford26/05/2012
neilsan11/12/2011
thelonious09/04/2011
chalky195331/12/1969
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