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Name: | Gallow Hill |
Hill number: | 5500 |
Height: | 175m / 574ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1670 King's Seat |
RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
County/UA: | Dundee |
Catchment: | Tay |
Class: | Tump (100-199m), Current County/UA Top (Tu,1,CoU) |
Grid ref: | NO 36460 34169 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground outside water tower compound |
Drop: | 37m |
Col: | 138m NO342344 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 54 (1:25k) 380E |
Observations: | summit area is in trees |
Comments: | 573ft spot height by water tower on 1959-1960 1:10560 map. Dundee Law only has 571.2ft on 1937 1:2500. |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 110 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Short detour on the drive Aberdeen (L's brother) to Oban (dog sit week). Impressed by both the quality of a face picture graffitied onto the water tower and how they had got in -over, through, or under the high mesh fence with its rotating spikes top? Lovely golden tree autumnal leaves on a sunny day. From Templeton car park -where there is an open shelter for groups to sit on logs around a woodfire and connect with nature and not being in Dundee. | Chris Pearson | 07/11/2023 |
Parked at Northernmost car park.Only a few minutes staight along path to water tower.Did a nice circuit of woods afterwards to make it feel more of a worthwhile walk. | Hirta | 05/10/2023 |
From the fairly rough Templeton Woods car park (potholes), E. along stone track & then path up through trees & around compound to high point on E. side. | gerrybowes | 07/07/2023 |
parked at Templeton Woods then easy walk east to tower and jumble of stones | grumpy | 05/04/2023 |
Less than 10 mins from car park. | Fife Walking | 06/01/2023 |
Short walk from the car park. With Mntainman. | Dangerous Dave | 15/12/2022 |
Short stroll from parking off Templeton Road. | willyross | 11/10/2022 |
Easily from car park to horrible water tower. With Bridget. | catman | 19/07/2022 |
With Catman. | rosiebridge | 19/07/2022 |
With Mark P. Parked at Clatto Country Park CP | MickyRoss | 26/03/2022 |
From west CP up to magnificent tower and HP. | lordtonult | 19/08/2021 |
First hill of day on first hillwalk after moving seasonally(?) to Perth. About as easy as it gets. | iangpark | 30/03/2021 |
Up and down in beautiful wooks from visitor centre (West of hill). Lots of birds and pleasant place to walk in the snow 20 mins | Nicky C | 14/02/2021 |
Bike jouurney taking in E,N,W + S points on Dundee City boundary, along with ascents of the 4 Tumps within the boundary. 
 
E,then Roman Hill. N,then to Gallow Hill. W,then S, then Balgay Hill and finally Dundee Law. | clashcityrocker | 03/12/2020 |
With E. From Clatto Country Park car park, cut across the childrens adventure playground, through field and up to the water tower. HP outside tower compound. E had more fun on zip wire in adventure playground than the stroll to the HP. | Beeliner | 09/09/2020 |
Parked at Templeton Woods CP to west. | duchally | 13/03/2020 |
From reservoir carpark with cousin Mary. Pleasant park. Final Dundee UA TuMP. | Thearlaichdubh | 12/11/2019 |
Short walk from Reservoir carpark. | rhalstead | 14/06/2019 |
Clatto Country Park car park. Good paths to water tower. | jonglew | 05/06/2019 |
From Clatto country park carpark a short walk head straight out the car park walk up the side of the houses once into Templeton wood turn right. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 30/07/2018 |
1/4 (Gallow Hill/Craigowl Hill/Fottringham Hill/Dunnichan Hill) | Fergalh | 30/07/2018 |
From Clatto Country Park car park on hot evening | RobertP | 07/07/2018 |
From Clatto Country Park car park. | Campbell Singer | 23/06/2018 |
From Car Park to west, along track and then around water tower to HP to NE with C. Last hill of a good week in Scotland and Cairngorms with no rain whatsoever. Last of Dundee hills. | PeterD | 29/05/2018 |
Dundee UA completed on way home from Cairngorms. | ngthack | 12/03/2018 |
A pile of stones besides the security fence and near the grass path back to the country park car park looks to be the highest (natural) feature. | summitter | 22/09/2017 |
From Clatto car park, cut across the field and up to and around the water tower. HP outside tower compound, but compound defences have clearly been breached by urban artists. Back on the paths. | Topographer57 | 26/08/2017 |
Day in Dundee with Ben | hillsman | 03/07/2017 |
Visited on the way home from a 12 night camping trip to Scotland | magirob | 22/06/2017 |
Easy walk from Templeton Woods car park. | Windy Corner | 16/04/2017 |
park clatto country park, up through woods early am. | robertphillips | 05/03/2017 |
From carpark ENE | jimbloomer | 16/04/2016 |
From Clatto Park: walked in along gloomy path through wood, but returned NE across field. | GordonAdshead | 05/08/2015 |
A short walk from Clatto car park in good weather. High point appears to be on the east side. With GM. | bolton | 10/04/2015 |
Good parking. Excellent path. A good example of brutalist architecture on the top! With Kathy and Cow. | Play2End | 13/02/2015 |
Car park then easy walk through wood to watertower. | Dugswell2 | 07/08/2014 |
From Clatto CP. Highest point is what might be an old boundary E of water tour. | chrisbien | 11/01/2014 |
Been here loads of times, highest point in Dundee City boundary. | clashcityrocker | 08/08/2013 |
On way home after work Montrose. Small detour to Clatto park, in dusk followed track through woods to top, just to east of water tower fence. | nordicstar | 08/11/2012 |
Feels less urban than a look at the map suggested. Walked out to it from Travelodge north of Dundee Law. Back via The Roundie and Camperdown Park. | campagvelocet | 15/12/2011 |
Walked up from the country park. Plenty of bumps near the water tower to choose as the high point. | garyhoney | 10/08/2011 |
Visited from car park to the west. Shame this is 1m higher than the much more interesting Dundee Law. | andy | 22/08/2009 |
Pleasant walk along the country park footpath to the Water Tower. 15 mins total. | Jimbob | 11/11/2008 |
E bank just outside water tower compound; curious upright structures (sculpture?). | RHW | 18/10/2008 |
quick walk from clatto country park | asbown | 28/10/2006 |
Country park, parking to ENE. East side of old water tower. | agentmancuso | 26/05/2005 |
From car park to water tower. | arranc | 24/04/2003 |
From C.P. in Clatto Country Park; track and path through woods to Water Tower. With M. | The Captain | blank |
alda | 26/09/2023 | |
mntainman | 15/12/2022 |