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Name: | Cowden Hill |
Hill number: | 5008 |
Height: | 204m / 669ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1660 Innerdouny Hill |
RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
County/UA: | Fife |
Catchment: | Eden (Guardbridge) |
Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,2,Y) |
Grid ref: | NO 26652 15352 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 112m |
Col: | 92m NO260153 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 59 (1:25k) 370 |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 71 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked off B937 in trees at start of road to Braeside. Walked up minor road past Woodmill. Good ATV track all the way to the summit. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 22/02/2024 |
Up the track from the farm. | Play2End | 10/12/2023 |
See https://scotlandhills.net/hills-north-west-fife/ | hill walker | 15/04/2023 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 18/10/2022 |
Parked by start of track to the south. | Adrian | 16/08/2022 |
Parked in church car park just northeast of Grange of Lindores then track to the old kirk, then vis path and track to Woodhead farm, then via hillside and several barbed wire fences to top, and back. | willyross | 16/03/2022 |
By the track from Woodmill. Worth going a few steps beyond the summit cairn for the view over Lindores Loch. | Nick Down1 | 04/10/2021 |
From near Woodhead Farm (WSW). Through farm then track SE before swinging up through grassy field between summits.. | N.Morters | 20/06/2021 |
From Woodmill with Brian. | Play2End | 21/03/2021 |
Parked in the church car park just northeast of Grange of Lindores. The track to the old Kirk (worth a look-see) turned into a walk through a grazed field and signposted trail to the railway alongside Lindores Loch. Once at the end of a woodland we headed due-south to the secondary then main summit through a mix of beech-pine wood and open grazing, hopping over a couple of fences and gate along the way. Returned via Berryhill, aiming towards the tennis court within the walled garden. | summitter | 26/02/2021 |
From the west, went through farm area, then followed fence uphill. Descended by following fence all the way through scrub & then over a gate onto unclass road, avoiding the farm. Linked with Black & Woodheads Hills. | The Fife Flyer | 21/02/2021 |
Good parking area to NW at 257167. Can follow marked Core Path to 266160 and cut straight up to N top. | 49pp | 28/02/2020 |
From Woodmill up good vehicle track to within 60m of summit. | LizH | 24/11/2019 |
Ascent by track from Woodmill. Descent to east via quad bike tracks to join core path to Abdie. | Fife Walking | 24/10/2019 |
Track from Woodmill starts at 26966 14397 under small power lines, and goes to within 60m of summit. | NormanW | 27/04/2017 |
After Woodheads, straight up through fields from S of Black Loch. Easy track along the crest of ridge from Woodmill is what I should have taken | Thearlaichdubh | 28/12/2016 |
Parked easily. Track to the top easy. Making of an impressive cairn on summit. | Play2End | 28/12/2015 |
Got parked ok at Woodmill, space for 1 car near a tip. Track starts 100m west and goes all the way to the top, very easy bag, 40 mins. No livestock (: | hils | 05/10/2015 |
Parked near Woodmill then used to track to bag Cowden Hill then returned down track. Then up field towards Woodheads Hill which has Grange Hill trig near the summit. Continued off-piste through woods to farm track then oat field towards woodland on Black Hill then returned back down to Woodmill. | Dugswell2 | 30/07/2015 |
parked at woodmill track to the top. | robertphillips | 20/02/2015 |
Parked on verge at start of track at Woodmill - considerately mown by local farmer. Follow tractor track ALL the way to summit. (It heads off level to west at one point) | Minto | 27/09/2014 |
From East from B937 [to avoid cows on track from Woodmill]. As expected, lots of gorse. | russell61 | 05/04/2013 |
Up from just south of Woodhead, parked at NO258153. The road was flooded. Easy avoidance of whins approaching the summit from the north. A lot of ground is not in production, left for game, so undergrowth will get worse. | fasgadh | 11/08/2011 |
Parking tricky. Eventually settled on approach from SW by Black Loch. Excitable cattle, but nice hill once you're up. | agentmancuso | 16/04/2011 |
Parked at woodmill and followed track almost to the top. | chrisbien | 08/05/2010 |
pleasant grassy summit, nice view. from road to E, across rough pasture & up break in gorse; +/- unfeasible from W due to fierce scrub | RHW | 25/12/2003 |
Pleasant wander round Black Hill, Woodheads Hill, Cairnie Hill, and Cowden Hill from Abdie Church. 
Shooting track from near Woodmill leads to north of hill then short walk south to top. | daviemore | 22/12/2002 |
Gallovidian | 14/01/2024 | |
nicolajane | 10/08/2023 | |
stevent0809 | 07/02/2023 | |
Lynnebe | 07/12/2022 | |
AFD90 | 22/11/2022 | |
cmac | 03/09/2022 | |
lindaross | 16/03/2022 | |
georgeh60 | 04/01/2022 | |
Fletch | 18/11/2021 | |
interloper | 18/11/2021 | |
AndyS | 22/05/2021 | |
duchally | 07/05/2021 | |
benarmine | 06/04/2021 | |
Dibs | 21/02/2021 | |
Tom Mundell | 24/09/2020 | |
Trekking toes | 24/09/2020 | |
kathyh | 24/05/2020 | |
tsmart | 24/05/2020 | |
Pete R | 25/01/2020 | |
PeterAH | 24/11/2019 | |
Dave McG | 26/12/2018 | |
Crumblie2 | 13/01/2018 | |
Tony S | 24/05/2017 |