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Name:Sandy Hill
Hill number:6124
Height:592m / 1942ft
Parent (Ma):496  Mount Battock
RHB Section:07B: Braemar to Montrose
County/UA:Aberdeenshire
Catchment:Dee (Aberdeen)
Class:Dodd (500-599m), Highland Five
(Tu,5,HF)
Grid ref:NO 59334 85816
Summit feature:three rocks on peat hag
Drop:53m
Col:539m  NO574854  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 44
(1:25k) OL54 395
Observations:summit is on E side of track that goes S from track junction
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 81 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
On day 12 of TGOC 2023, on the way to Clachnabenalistairpooler23/05/2023
From Clachnaben on track heading west to Mount Beattock. There is a small cairn on top of a peat bank about 100 yards along the track that heads south from main track.Jossker28/01/2023
Clachnaben, Hill of Edendocher, Sandy Hill and Mount Battock from Glen Dye parking.JasonStark28/12/2022
Up Glen Dye to Charr bothy then EdendocherGonk16/06/2022
From CP track round Greystane Hill. Through gate upto Threestane Hill, Mount Shade, Clachnaben, Hill of Edendocher and Sandy Hill. Back via tourist route across Miller's Bog.chrisbien15/04/2022
Round, or out-and-back, of Mount Shade, Clachnaben and Sandy Hill from the car park. On tracks through strange peaty landscape to Sandy Hill, and back.Minto10/03/2022
By eMTB from Glen DyePeteF19/08/2021
Weather fair.MountainMac16/04/2021
Bagging hills and geocachePilotralph 02/10/2020
Visited while passing between mount Battock and ClachnabenNozzer24/07/2020
On MTB from Spital Cottage and Mount Battock.John Lee22/01/2020
Named no doubt from the gritty weathered granite remains. Hard to imagine how hydrolysis -chemical weathering by slightly acidic rainwater can break up such a resistant rock, which was once rising molten magma that cooled and solidified underground. Jogged back from here towards Clachnaben to Mount ShadeChris Pearson26/08/2019
On way from Clachnaben to Mount Battock, the track builders had left a roller and a digger up there with the keys left in !Flatfield15/07/2019
First time from Clachnaben to Mount Battock. A fine autumnal round, returning via Charr bothy (last visited on Christmas day - as Lorna reminded me!)Tony S20/10/2018
Easy hike from Clachnaben.Alan Moore25/07/2018
From Bridge of Dye, out via Glen Dye, back along the tops via Clachnaben, snow underfoot higher uprjf3501/04/2018
A non-hill really, just a morass of peat hags and a ridiculously wide scar of a road created for fat, lazy, grouse worriers. Did see a few Golden Plover though .... which was nice.summitter17/06/2017
By bike, on the way to Mount Battock. A lot of work has been done on the roads recently after flood damage in July 2015 and worse in December 2015. Summit is a peat bank above the remains of the once infamous electric fence.fasgadh15/05/2016
On the way to the Corbett. Really grim up here in the rain and fog.Play2End06/04/2014
Clachnaben MTB roundnix_snilloc13/08/2013
on the way to Mount battockvegibagger18/06/2013
The track from Glen Dye past Charr Bothy up hill alongside Burn of Badymicks. Lots of new tracks in this area and a good hut for shelter if needed,its open,Followed the fence post line to summitof Mt Battock then along the tops taking in Hill of Badymicks, Sandy Hill, Hill of Edendocher to Clachnaben summit.LizzieG06/05/2013
On route from Mt Battock to Clachnabentorkm22/04/2006
Solo run on a round of Mount Battock and Clachnaben.amswanston01/05/2003
first ascent, solo, sunny with a breeze on top, goc 2000, climbed on the way from tarfside to drumlithie (pub) long day with some overgrown tracks and fences blocking exit tracks from the forest to deal with.rum doodle 24/05/2000
Clachnaben and Mount Battock from cairn o' Mount road.Eddie07/02/1997
JEB HFB03/05/1986
highlandrock14/08/2023
AlanD31/07/2022
Oik05/08/2020
BigJ24/07/2020
govanah21/04/2020
thelonious05/01/2020
PDuncan8216/11/2019
Richard Martin15/04/2019
Lorna S20/10/2018
Lindsay M15/07/2018
hill walker17/06/2018
andrew brown25/12/2017
hillhunter22/10/2017
justin99917/06/2017
Colin Crawford24/05/2017
vgiorgio20/03/2017
david e01/12/2016
Dave McG06/07/2016
JockTamson05/06/2016
Thi05/06/2016
chalky195319/04/2016
elma spencer08/02/2016
BlackPanther18/06/2015