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Name: | Owsen Hill |
Hill number: | 7139 |
Height: | 504m / 1654ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1656 Earl's Seat |
RHB Section: | 26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose |
County/UA: | East Dunbartonshire |
Catchment: | Clyde, Catchment Boundaries, Leven (Dumbarton) |
Class: | Subdodd (s5) |
Grid ref: | NS 57147 82334 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 22m |
Col: | 482m NS569826 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 57 64 (1:25k) 348 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 52 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked east of Ballagan farm. Zigzag track and atv track to Dumbreck, Owsen Hill (off fence line) and Earl's Seat. Thin wet path to Clachertyfarlie K then took a line to cross the headstreams to pick up the outward track near Little Earl. | Moorponder | 16/10/2023 |
Small pull-in ~300m E of Ballagan Farm for 2-3 cars (NS 5828 7909). Good track leads up through farm then higher up a trod follows on to Dumbreck. Then across to here and on to Earl's Seat, Clachertyfarlie Knowes and Slackdhu, and return for a pleasant 15k round. | jonglew | 29/08/2023 |
Circuit, clockwise up to Earls Seat and east & SE over purgatory terrain, to Holehead, that with hindsight is best avoided and both walks done out and return separately. | vegibagger | 05/06/2023 |
2 of 5 from near ballagan farm. | robertphillips | 15/01/2023 |
From small parking area just east of Ballagan Farm, up muddy zig-zag track then better quad bike track to Dumbreck, on to Owsen Hill, Earl's Seat, Clachertyfarlie Knowes, Graham's Cairn and Slackdhu. Down to the waterfall then due south above Ballagan Burn back to the road. | TRG318 | 02/03/2022 |
P in tiny lay-by just E of Ballagan Farm. Up zig-zag trag then ATV and sheep/human tracks to Dumbreck, Owsen, Little Earl, Earl's Seat, Garloch, Clach..Knowes & Slackdhu. Crossed glen just above Spout of Ballagan on return. | sclater | 11/01/2022 |
Second of three hills, followed on from the Dumbreck trig. Crossed a fence and guessed at which point looked highest. | JAdair97 | 02/01/2022 |
From layby just inside ED county boundary(keeping within tier4 rules) straight up to Dumbreck trig, crossed fence to Owsen Hill and followed soft snow filled ATV tracks to Earls Seat and on to Clachertlyfarlie Knowes and Grahams Cairn. Ardous walking back down by Ballagan Burn. | lordtonult | 06/12/2020 |
Parked lay by near Ballagan farm, round of Dumbreck, Oswen and Slackdhu. Hot and sunny. Bit of moor crossing between first two and Slackdhu, but dry and not too tussocky. | iangalbraith | 18/06/2020 |
From parking E of Ballagan Farm. Dumbreck, Owsen Hill, Earl’s Seat, Clachertyfarlie knowes and back across to ridge. | PeterD | 19/05/2019 |
Parked in concealed pull-in E. of Ballagan Farm at NS 58289 79086 and up Dumbreck. From Dumbreck continued along ATV track, faint in places, and then over fence and over 3 possible high points. Continued to Earl’s Seat and Clachertyfarlie Knowes. (S) | gerrybowes | 28/08/2018 |
From Earl's Seat via Little Earl (504m). With Gavin Rees | Dangerous Dave | 25/02/2018 |
From lay-by on A891 E of Ballagan Farm. Dumbreck, Olsen Hill, Earl’s Seat, Clachertyfarlie Knowes and back to car via Owseen Hill. 4/8 cloud; light N’ly breeze, vg vis, frozen ground. With PM. | CJM | 11/12/2017 |
From Dumbreck heading to Earls Seat. Wandered around many high points with CM. | bolton | 11/12/2017 |
Cloud down to 400m | clashcityrocker | 19/02/2017 |
Strathblane, Wangie, Slackdhu, Graham's Cairn, Clachertyfarlie Knowes, Bell Crag, Ballagan tops, Earl's Seat, Little Earl, Oswen Hill, Dumbreck, Strathblane. Dry but cloudy, Frozen on tops - made boggy ground easier. | PaulH | 23/02/2013 |
From Earls seat on return to Strathblane | munromurph | 01/02/2012 |
Part of Earls Seat walk | tcrannoch | 20/11/2010 |
En route to Earl's Seat | andy | 28/03/2009 |
From Campsie Glen, via Dumbreck, onto Earl's Seat, with Fiona | agentmancuso | 10/04/1995 |
Earls Seat to Drumbreck. | Eddie | 14/05/1992 |
stevent0809 | 30/08/2023 | |
ajwxyzt | 26/06/2022 | |
Chris Mac | 25/09/2021 | |
49pp | 22/03/2021 | |
Blair282 | 20/06/2020 | |
ajwxyzt | 07/06/2020 | |
Sunhat | 29/05/2020 | |
weaselmaster | 09/05/2020 | |
Isbjorn | 27/06/2019 | |
Colin Crawford | 05/04/2019 | |
carole engel | 05/10/2017 | |
Mudskipper | 13/08/2017 | |
amcvey | 22/07/2017 | |
MattPollard | 23/01/2016 | |
tsmart | 02/08/2015 | |
irobbo | 19/06/2015 | |
kathyh | 08/02/2015 | |
Nick Down1 | 08/11/2014 | |
Anton | 11/04/2014 | |
hillhunter | 23/09/2012 | |
ajwxyzt | 03/03/2012 | |
Lorna S | 03/06/2011 | |
Tony S | 03/06/2011 | |
Kevin29035 | 25/04/2009 | |
Strathcarron | 18/03/2008 | |
interloper | 03/01/2006 | |
David Purchase | 14/07/1999 | |
FionaC | 10/04/1995 | |
MacAoidh | 05/02/1989 |