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Name:Ord Hill
Hill number:4724
Height:191m / 627ft
Parent (Ma):1110  Mount Eagle
RHB Section:15B: Loch Vaich to Moray Firth
County/UA:Highland
Catchment:Beauly
Class:Hump, Tump (100-199m), Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,1,Y)
Grid ref:NH 66394 49095
Summit feature:cairn on outcrop
Drop:134m
Col:57m  NH628493  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 26
(1:25k) 416N 432
Observations:ground 30m ENE is just lower
Survey:Abney level
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An appropriate hill to visit this morning with 50mph wind and driving rain however quite sheltered in amongst the trees. Walking out from town across the Kessock Bridge was interesting though ...Alex C31/01/2024
Took the red route from the forest car park up through the pleasant open pine and fir woods to the large summit cairn within the Pictish hill-fort. Then over the NE top before a steep slippery descent on a bit of a path to join the grit track round the hill SSW back to the car park. Solo. 3.7km, with 120m of ascent.Man of Kernow129/10/2023
From forest car park. Circuit via lower tracks, then ascent to top. With Inez.clashcityrocker02/08/2023
From the forest car park following the red route slight detour to trig as well.N.Morters01/05/2023
Followed the red route. Shame there is no viewAndrew Simmons19/07/2022
Up with the family. Red route up quickly, lunch on top, then down the steep E path from the fort. Back round the blue path. Fine views of the brig and Firth.ragudave29/06/2022
Short walk on red route to ancient fort with cairn from free carpark in pines with heather under storey. Also visited trig on rock outcrop. Breaking our journey north.Denise 11/06/2022
The red route from Kessock Wood car park. A delightful open airy forest very reminiscent of those in Finland. Final approach on path through low bank of rocks to large summit cairn on outcropping conglomerate.RichardM11/06/2022
With Brian from the CP on our way to Torridon.Play2End03/06/2022
Wandered through woods, red route takes you to the trig. Sunny but 70mph winds on the Munros, so this seems better.iangalbraith08/03/2022
From the car park to the SW. A pleasant walk through the trees on the red signs with Mrs M.bolton28/02/2022
From FC CP at NH654488. Clockwise around red circuit. In descent, track splits with two red markers visible, leaving one uncertain. I went L. Path to viewpoint cuts back sharply L. Navigationally, better to go around anti-clockwise.Isbjorn26/02/2022
Views are brilliant and it's not a long walk.RoslynClimbsHills02/10/2021
Up from car park on A9 (Harry Gow)fasgadh31/08/2021
Solo. Warm!!garbo110324/07/2021
Easy walk from car parkRobertP14/07/2021
Self and dog, on our way to Easter Ross.Invicta1412/09/2020
Short stroll from Ord Hill car park on red route.willyross30/06/2019
From the Ord Hill car park, just off the minor road NW of the trig point. Followed the red waymarkers to the summit, at the fort. Pleasant wooded walk. Short detour to the trig point on the way back.LizH20/05/2019
1 of 3: From Ord Hill CP. T.Pt on the way.ChrisR25/03/2019
Short walk from car park on red route.rhalstead14/06/2018
Easy from free FC car park to NW, and a higher start than by Kessock Bridge. Early morning bag with Jenx and Bryher. Barely 10 Minutes to fine old hill fort top. Trig easily collected on way back on good paths. Look for red route markers.nordicstar08/06/2018
Pleasant stroll from car park. Lovely hill. Solo.Dangerous Dave02/06/2018
visited when out with downfaller bagging the trigNozzer15/04/2018
From NW FC car park after golf at Castle Stuart. My 1000th Humpbenalder28411/04/2018
From North Kessock car park, N side A9. Mapped tracks through forest not located making this a bit of a mare from this direction, but all worked out eventually following paddock boundaries and picking up the track at NH 6560 4850 after short section through well-spaced conifers. With Carole Engel for outward leg.jonglew08/04/2018
Parking up track at NH657487 - Jon Glew preferred the longer, lower, poorly pathed start from the south for some reasoncarole engel08/04/2018
Scooby, ShonaJimA01/04/2018
...and many other occasionsDampandDusty25/02/2018
Parked in the car park to the SW. A pleasant walk on tracks took us to the summit. Visited both summit candidates but I thought the cairned top seemed higher. With JT.Sprog15/02/2018
A nice easy hill worthy of a quick detour from the A9. Would be even better if some of the pine could be thinned out to give a view over the Moray Firth.summitter21/01/2018
From forestry car park to SW - waymarked trails.Smudge27/12/2017
on a wonderful snowy daygrumpy10/12/2017
with renee cp then marked trail hillfort.robertphillips06/10/2017
Trig first then Hump. Highest point may be 70m away from cairn on Rocky bluff.NormanW13/04/2017
Fort trail from car park.Topographer5712/06/2016
From wsw, car park, Fort Trail. Checking trig log on way up realised I'd summitted before but forgot to log. Both summits but too misty for Wyvis view today. Pleasant start to long weekend after a very long three weeks in the officeRHW27/05/2016
As jb from the carpark.Chris Peart16/12/2015
From carpark WSW of summit.jimbloomer18/05/2015
Bagging TrigBigJ18/11/2014
Easy parking. Good tracks. Fine hill.destaylor16/03/2014
A marked trail takes you there with a less obvious side track to the Kessock trigpoint.Martin R28/10/2013
Hyperopic22/05/2011
Visited with trig, forgot to log at the timeRHW30/12/2007
Approx. date. With family having visited trig.lordtonult13/04/2001
JEB, JFB, AB HFB27/12/1989
Minto19/01/2024
sarahk04/01/2024
mikebeattie16/05/2023
Andy West31/07/2022