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Name: | Meall Dubh |
Hill number: | 6083 |
Height: | 563m / 1847ft |
Parent (Ma): | 504 The Coyles of Muick |
RHB Section: | 07A: Braemar to Montrose |
County/UA: | Aberdeenshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Aberdeen) |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five (Tu,5,HF) |
Grid ref: | NO 32477 91971 |
Summit feature: | low outcrop |
Drop: | 50m |
Col: | 513m NO328915 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 44 (1:25k) OL53N 388N |
Observations: | ground 40m SW may be as high; cairn 15m NNE at NO 32486 91981 is lower |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 64 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
After Craig of Loinmuie. Hard to stand against the wind. I'd have made a second visit to the Coyles of Muick but the gale had me running for cover | Colin Crawford | 28/02/2024 |
See Meall Gorm | StueyB | 03/10/2023 |
From the forest gate at NO 34054 95103 - parking for 4-5 cars on both sides of B976. Took the grassy forest track up through pinewoods to its edge, then hiked the undulating ridge up to the the twin summits of The Coyles of Muick, visiting both. Then returned by outward route, detouring to climb through pathless heather to the top of Meall Dubh on the way back. With DB and BC. 11.5km, with 535m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 28/05/2022 |
From Loch Ullachie | Gonk | 05/05/2022 |
From end of forest road at Birkhall (NO346935), straight up the road to a junction at NO333926, continued SW on very overgrown track through obvious firebreak, crossing a road by a quarry at NO329922 en route, up to the forest edge and W to Meall Dubh, descended SE to join a path, following that S to and up both summits of Coyles of Muick, returning down the same fire break, but then taking the track N from the quarry, curving down and round to the junction at NO333926, thence back to Birkhall (2hr30m) | kdbennett | 25/11/2021 |
10 tops from birkhill, craig of loinmuie, meall dubh, the coyles of muick repeat, craig megen, craig of inchnabobart, meall gorm, carn an daimh, caisteal na caillich south top, caisteal na caillich, conachcraig repeat, down to glen muick to pick up the bike for a downhill run back to the car. | robertphillips | 03/07/2021 |
From Craig of Loinmuie en route to CoM. | Eddie | 25/06/2021 |
A nice walk from the big parking area opposite the entrance to Knock House, shame about the hills. Good track leads past Loch Ullachie and up through the forest. At the wall, an old ATV track follows the ruined fence past lovely trees up towards the bealach below Creag Phiobaid, then a typical Tump plod up through heather and burnt areas to the top. Good views. Back to the wall where a fine, unmapped stalkers path heads along the ridge. Up steeply to Meall Dubh, mossy grass near the top, good views. A strong cool wind, despite the forecast and I was underwhelmed by the thought of repeating the Coyles of Muick (a tedious tit) or bagging the equally tedious looking adjacent Tump in the forest, so I went back the same way, leaving plenty of time to drink tea before heading off to dinner with my social bubble. | Gill | 20/03/2021 |
Set off from track end at Loch Ullachie on a still, clear and cold day. After recent snow fall unsure of what conditions would be like up high. Not quite as much new snow as expected but still hard going in places. Creag Phiobaidh first, Tom an Lagain and follow tree line to Meall Dubh and on to The Coyles of Muick. Retraced steps to 917327 to pick up end of track in woods passing a smart hide. Direct ascent of Creag of Loinmuie and descent NE to forest track. Followed this on obvious vehicle route along side of hill. After locked gate took left hand fork to return to B976 a few hundred yards short of car. | sarahk | 23/01/2021 |
3 hours spare after work at Crathie before dark and determined to make the most of dwindling evenings so despite it now being the 3rd day of continual rain I chose a forest approach hill for shelter and dressed ready for a hammering. Oddly at 3.45pm as I set off the rain relented to gentle drizzle whilst higher up above the forest it merged into ghostly gloom - producing the startling effect of my seeing an eagle perched on a cairn -which turned out to be just a wayward spiky Christmas tree. The gloom swirled to reveal atmospheric now you see it - now you don't snapshot views of heather hillsides and sweeping slopes. Good stalkers path along top of forest to slosh along from Meall Dubh to Coyles. 50mins up from Birkhall by the straight forest track (and rough top bit)- clad in boots & full waterproofs. After Coyles of Muick Back over Loinmuie. 2hr 5min round trip -incredibly only mizzling (a fine drizzle) throughout. Very lucky as drove through heavy downpours on drive home. | Chris Pearson | 05/10/2020 |
Track from NE - ends approx. NO 329 923. Up rough ride to forest edge | carole engel | 05/07/2020 |
After coyles of muick, unfortunatly i unexplaineably missed the third Tump peak. | cjo | 07/03/2020 |
JEB | HFB | 07/09/2019 |
On TGOC 2019. After The Coyles of Muick. Continued to Loch Ullachie. | alistairpooler | 19/05/2019 |
Easy walk over from Craig of Loinmuie. Driving snow. Not pleasant. | Campbell Singer | 07/05/2019 |
Too windy for Lochnagar 
SMHC February 2019 Sunday walk | LizzieG | 17/02/2019 |
With Alex Hilton | RobF | 30/11/2018 |
A pretty good path along the forestry edge from just east of Tom an Lagain. | summitter | 21/07/2018 |
After Coyles of Muick | trimarc2 | 17/05/2018 |
1 of 3: From B976 at Littlemill. | ChrisR | 16/02/2018 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 19/11/2017 |
Up Glen Girnock, river crossing - easy under normal conditions, then up onto Meall Dubh. Followed by The Coyles of Muick, Craig of Loinmuie. Then down ridge on reasonable path, over Carn a Bhealaidh, Creag Liath. Left path to go over Tom an Lagain and onto Craig Phiobaidh, descent down to road at Littlemill. | clashcityrocker | 06/02/2016 |
On way back from Coyles of Muick | hillsman | 07/08/2015 |
See Coyles of M | Martin R | 25/11/2012 |
A hot day for a walk to the Coyles through the forest from Glen Muick , Superb views of Lochnagar today , went over Meall Dhubh as we headed for Littlemill | torkm | 29/04/2007 |
Parked just off Loch Muick road. On forest road straight up to narrow track through felled area and out of forest and plod over moor to top at 11.25. to Coyles | arranc | 17/06/2004 |
Ascended on the way to the Coyles of Muick. | JohnW | 04/05/2003 |
With a friend. After climbing Conachraig from Spittal of Glen Muick , we headed NE and over Craig Megen to the Coyles of Muick and then over Meall Dubh. We took the track from near Tom an Lagain through the forest to where we had left a car. | pwbellarby | 01/04/2001 |
With Claire & Euan. | MickyRoss | 05/10/1997 |
Date unknown | RHW | 01/01/1990 |
eddieh | 03/02/2024 | |
Dave McG | 13/01/2024 | |
RichardM | 19/04/2023 | |
SpudGunn | 20/01/2023 | |
Jenn | 08/02/2022 | |
coldfeet7 | 04/10/2021 | |
ARM | 16/07/2021 | |
Lionel Bidwell | 22/06/2021 | |
alda | 21/04/2021 | |
stalky14 | 15/11/2020 | |
govanah | 08/04/2020 | |
weaselmaster | 21/12/2019 | |
Sick Kid | 21/12/2019 | |
GaryJones | 27/06/2018 | |
Gavin Theobald | 18/07/2017 | |
Bob67 | 13/05/2017 | |
NormanW | 13/06/2016 | |
chalky1953 | 18/04/2016 | |
elma spencer | 25/12/2015 | |
grumpy | 16/08/2015 |