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| Name: | Duchray Hill [Mealna Letter] |
| Hill number: | 500 |
| Height: | 703.1m / 2307ft |
| RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
| County/UA: | Angus, Perth and Kinross |
| Catchment: | Tay |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Simm, Graham, Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,Sim,G,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NO 16152 67247 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground at bend in wall |
| Drop: | 265m |
| Col: | 438m NO168683  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 43 (1:25k) OL52S 387S |
| Observations: | large cairn about 70m away is lower |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 332 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With AGS FPs. a bit boggy at the start on B951 but good trail once we got above the forest. Returned by Loch Beanie and Caterlan trail | slynch | 08/04/2024 |
| Cloud base has risen nicely after this morning's visit to Mount Blair and the views to the bigger hills northwards are well worth hanging around here for a little while longer to enjoy fully. | Alex C | 02/10/2023 |
| Parking area off B951, just west of gate to new forest track (currently not on OS maps). Followed good road uphill then firebreak through newly planted conifers to deer fence. Climbed deer fence then followed stone wall over Cairn Derig to summit. Followed wall back to gate in deer fence then down via boggy fire breaks to rejoin forest road. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 02/07/2023 |
| Boggy and locked gates | tonystonehewer | 10/05/2023 |
| From near the Keeper's Cottage. Up and down the forest track and then up to Cairn Derig and along the faint path and ATV track by the wall. | Owen B | 28/04/2023 |
| Cloudy but dry and good view from the top. Still some snow on the surrounding hills. | Puffinclaire | 19/03/2023 |
| Up forest track (near Keeper's Cottage on Dalnaglar Castle road), over rough upland to Cairn Derig, follow stone wall to Duchray Hill. Return via same route. A large number of toads in the pools along forest track. | raymooremanx | 19/03/2023 |
| Verge parked in large farmer's storage area/turning circle - NO 1327 6810. E to Invereddrie, N to Shallavanach. Feint path exists from NO 13876 68405 to FB at NO 151684. Nice walk over Duchary Hill, Monamenach, Black Hill, Mallrenheskein, Carn Alt, Carn Chomh-Stri, Carn an Daimh, picking up mapped track back from NO 134706 | carole engel | 18/10/2022 |
| From NO 14960 64436 up forest track then on to open hill to Cairn Derig and on to Duchray Hill. Descend west to Creag na Bruaich then return to coll and down to Dunmay. | Fife Walking | 03/09/2022 |
| Follow on from Mt Blair. | Jhimmy | 09/07/2022 |
| Up through forest and down fence line from the B951 | rhalstead | 18/06/2022 |
| Circuit from entrance to Broughdearg farm track (having discovered that the ford marked on the OS Explorer map N of Tigh na Coille is apocryphal!). Over the stile from the Cateran Way and up a steep heathery gully to the summit of Creag na Bruaich, then pleasantly up Duchray Hill's W ridge to the summit, returning below Creag na Bruaich. | Nick Down1 | 21/01/2022 |
| 2/3 After Monamenach. Met couple at summit. Down by E ridge, dropped into Glen Beanie – slightly rough/damp at bottom but not a bad route.Cycled up to Fergus after. Time includes 23m cycling. | Rounsfell | 05/11/2021 |
| Good to meet Phil101! | Pete R | 18/09/2021 |
| 2/3 Mount Blair, Duchray Hill, Carn an Fhidhleir, all from the col on the road dissecting the two hill areas. Up the side of the forest to Duckray. | nickywood1 | 03/07/2021 |
| From good parking on the forestry track at 149644 on the Dalnaglar road. Track only shown on newest 1:25K map but goes easily up to the edge of the forestry. Off piste easily (grass, short heather) to cross the wall to a good path just below Carn Derig, then to summit. Fine views and basking in the sun at the top. | Gill | 16/04/2021 |
| From B951 up S ridge. New forest track across the bog helped on the way back. | quadbarrel | 07/11/2020 |
| From Broughdearg via Creag na Bruaich. With M. | sclater | 07/09/2020 |
| From gate at entrance to forest (149644) via forest tracks to top of forest. Then over Cairn Derig and along ridge to the summit. | Winterfloodian | 21/08/2020 |
| Parked near the county boundary and ascended by the side of the forest, over Cairn Derig. This is very wet lower down. From Cairn Derig, by the side of the wall to the summit. Walk continued to Creag na Bruaich. With JT. | Sprog | 16/08/2020 |
| Parked in layby at Perth/Angus border, walked N through forest and then followed fences [inc new deer fence] to Cairn Derig and summit of Duchray Hill, returned to Carn Derig and descended SW to join top end of forest road down to minor road S of Dalnaglar Castle, back to car on roads | kdbennett | 15/12/2019 |
| Creag na Bruaich, Duchray Hill, and Care an Fhidhieir, starting and finishing at the road up to Dainaglar Castle (a rather smart gaff). Followed the Cataran trail (seeing an Osprey fishing the pond) before heading onto the hills. Took around 3hrs in total. | summitter | 17/08/2019 |
| Under blue skies in base layer only (amazing given forecast was torrential rain) up forest rack then short heather to wall. Followed path to summit, visiting cairn for view, then came back by wall/fence until I could see new scar below me and just dropped to it and back to car. | SS | 27/07/2019 |
| From Mt Blair, dropped down to road and up by earthworks. Chilly on top. Descent via wall and edge of forest back to car on Angus/Perth boundary. | MichaelF | 18/05/2019 |
| tick | chazzyboy19 | 10/04/2019 |
| After Mount Blair, from B951, based on a way suggested in the SMC guide to the Grahams. A gate on the E edge of a plantation gave access, over a tiresome section of bog. Once the ridge materialised, with a fence all the way, the route became pleasant, with rocky patches near the summit. Indeed, from the B951 summit, the hill has a much more rugged appearance than Mt Blair. returned via Carn an Fhidhleir, keeping on pastures and avoiding anything that looked boggy (most of the open valley between the ridges). Gates gave access all the way down to the B951 50 yds below the Balloch farm gate. Cloudy but fine. With Pete. | pwheeler | 26/03/2019 |
| Up good track with parking on the minor road to Dalnaglar castle. | cjo | 16/09/2018 |
| Started from road to Dalnaglar Castle up on good track through mainly felled forest then up open ground to wall corner and then good path on right hand side of wall to summit. | Lionel Bidwell | 07/10/2017 |
| ghaley | 05/08/2017 | |
| With Mora, from B951 | BLACKHILL | 21/07/2017 |
| Nice stroll from Craigenloch, passed by loch and had a paddle. Then unto summit for a butty. Good views. Decided to head back to car then do Mount Blair also. Company: Solo | iandesbottes | 17/05/2017 |
| With GHC up through the forest on an easy track. | Play2End | 28/08/2016 |
| Duchray Hill NO 161672 S/F NO 155642 Glorious sunny day, great views in all directions, light wind. Bog early on, first test for gaiters, no problem. Summit cairn a little way from highest point. | John Young | 01/04/2016 |
| cold day with snow | oatcake | 01/03/2016 |
| Weather fair, deep snow on ascent. | MountainMac | 14/12/2015 |
| LS. PP. MK. MMacL. RMacK. DMacF. | john steel | 21/11/2015 |
| Bagged on a sunny afternoon, bit damp at the start. | Dugswell2 | 17/10/2015 |
| From high point of B951 road. On own. | MorecambeMonkey | 22/04/2015 |
| Climbed with Anne on cold and sunny day, with thin coating of snow. Parked on B951 below Mount Blair. Return trip took 3 hours. Turkey sandwiches and Christmas cake consumed just below summit. | David Greaves | 28/12/2014 |
| 1 of 2: From B951 roadside: 163647 | ChrisR | 08/10/2014 |
| Left Jenx at Dalvanie (she'd done this before) and went solo up track, crossed before deer fence and angled up easy ground to bealach/deer gate. Steady slopes then to summit wall and top. Cairn set back with views to Spittal of Glenshee hills. (Had to return back up from the col below for 2nd time as had left cap at summit, grr!) | nordicstar | 29/06/2014 |
| R Rup | Richard Tait | 09/05/2014 |
| 1 of 3 today from the B951. | robertphillips | 09/03/2014 |
| with Alex Thomson | davidsbatty | 05/06/2013 |
| Alone, via Glen Beanie. | Grinner | 06/01/2013 |
| MC | Martin66 | 12/12/2012 |
| Poor weather arrived as I set off from the road. Sort of followed wall/fence all the way and back. Occasional views. | Martin R | 18/11/2012 |
| From B951 to S, outside edge of forest then fence & wall to top. First 500m very boggy, better just inside forest as found on return. Saw herd of deer, maybe 200. Summit at wall bend; large cairn is about 70m from summit. | Aye Jimmy | 19/09/2011 |
| High cloud, some sun, warm, calm, good views. | iangalbraith | 24/06/2011 |
| Circuit from Auchavan | rjf35 | 26/04/2011 |