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Name: | Cairn of Gowal South Top |
Hill number: | 474 |
Height: | 983m / 3225ft |
Parent (Ma): | 457 Lochnagar - Cac Carn Beag |
Parent (SMC): | 468 Cairn Bannoch |
RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire, Angus |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen), Catchment Boundaries, South Esk |
Watershed: | Aberdeen Bay |
Class: | Deleted Munro Top (xMT) |
Grid ref: | NO 22790 81659 |
Summit feature: | cairn on large rock |
Drop: | 7m |
Col: | 976m NO227818 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL53N 388N |
Comments: | Location of Cairn of Gowal in 1974-1990 Tables. Hill 471 is the MT in 1891-1969 and 1997. |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 268 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
32km circuit from Glen Doll. 10/15. | PGCE | 24/02/2024 |
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From Spittal of Glenmuick | Idris | 26/06/2023 |
Rob Pen y Garn | 26/06/2023 | |
From Glenmuick Car Park via Dubh Loch | PDuncan82 | 15/06/2023 |
rocket-ron | 30/05/2023 | |
With Richard before Broad Cairn | Denise | 18/04/2023 |
RichardM | 18/04/2023 | |
Round of 9 Tops from Braedownie Hut with ATMC. | andy | 18/03/2023 |
PVokes | 16/10/2022 | |
RonaLindsay | 16/10/2022 | |
Dottie001 | 20/06/2022 | |
benalder50 | 19/06/2022 | |
dickiewren | 04/06/2022 | |
phil101 | 24/09/2021 | |
weaselmaster | 10/09/2021 | |
From Acharn CP. Very pretty spot. Beautiful walk up S Esk river valley, onto Broad Cairn, then Creag an Dubh Loch, Cairn of Gowal, Cairn Bannoch, Fafernie, Creag Lachdach, Crow Craigies, back via Glen Doll. With B, B, and R. | jenx | 07/09/2021 |
richtea5040 | 01/09/2021 | |
mcbiydw2 | 24/08/2021 | |
From Loch Callater - 5 Munros and 11 Munro Tops (plus xMT) but only 1 Marilyn! Cloud base around 800m all day. 9 Hours. | Geoff Briggs | 19/06/2021 |
lonely loop of Lochnagar munros and any tops that seemed to get in the way! 32km, 7hrs | Nicky C | 03/06/2021 |
Fi | 03/06/2021 | |
scoob | 03/06/2021 | |
ScottyBoy76 | 27/05/2021 | |
stuartgreig | 11/04/2021 | |
Bob67 | 02/04/2021 | |
govanah | 08/07/2020 | |
govanah2 | 08/07/2020 | |
bertbarnett123 | 05/02/2020 | |
carole engel | 14/10/2019 | |
Toril | 08/09/2019 | |
With SJW. WE had a 10.5 hour, 23 mile circular around the Loch Muick horseshoe coming up from Loch Muick at Broad Cairn, around to Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, across to Lochnagar, Meikle Pap and back down to Loch Muick. | meltdiceburg | 08/08/2019 |
Kevin29035 | 03/08/2019 | |
Richard Martin | 05/07/2019 | |
A round of 5 munro with a couple of extras | Pilotralph | 03/07/2019 |
julianbarclay | 12/05/2019 | |
From Invercauld bridge | Peterb | 07/08/2018 |
Danmawr | 26/05/2018 | |
The path to Broad Cairn doesn't go out to this cairned top. I have logged this previously in my paper log book but don't remember visiting this cairn - not convinced. Never mind, I've done it again to be sure! | Dangerous Dave | 17/09/2017 |
Hal & Rafe | 12/08/2017 | |
Sick Kid | 23/06/2017 | |
weaselmaster | 23/06/2017 | |
vgiorgio | 05/05/2017 | |
Munro Top bagging from Glen Clova: Acharn - Glen Doll - Crow Craigies - Fafernie - Cairn Bannoch - Cairn of Gowal - Craig of Gowal - Creag an Dubh-loch - Broad Cairn - Bachnagairn - Acharn | davidpettit84 | 16/04/2017 |
Craig67 | 29/03/2017 | |
From Glen Doll carpark via Jock's Road to Davy's Brouach, Crow Craigies, Fafernie, Cairn Bannoch, Cairn of Gowal, Broad Cairn, Bachnagairn and a long walk back to the carpark in the last remnants of daylight. Bitter 40mph winds on the tops. With Mark and Hamish & Huey the springer spaniels. | Saggers | 28/10/2016 |
clanbonham | 01/10/2016 | |
C/W round of broad cairn, creag an dubh loch, cairn of cowal, craig of gowal, crow craigies, fafernie, cairn bannoch, carn an t sagairt mor, carn an t sagairt beag, carn a choire bhoidheach, top of eagles rock, creag a ghlas uillt,from cp at glen muick. | robertphillips | 17/09/2016 |
Oik | 27/05/2016 | |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 11/05/2016 |
David S | 15/06/2015 |