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Name: | Caldron Hill |
Hill number: | 7167 |
Height: | 332m / 1089ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1685 Blaeloch Hill |
RHB Section: | 27A: Ayr to the River Clyde |
County/UA: | North Ayrshire |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Irvine & Garnock |
Class: | Tump (300-399m), Subhump (Tu,3,sHu) |
Grid ref: | NS 22950 51210 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground just NNE of cairn |
Drop: | 91m |
Col: | 241m NS230516 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 63 (1:25k) 341S |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 26 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
A four hill figure of eight walk from passing-place/layby north of Knockendon. Some pleasant walking and some tough going if the occasional 4WD tracks not found. | lordtonult | 27/01/2023 |
From parking at C.G. Back up road, then across to stepped green path up to large stone on Hillside. Faint sheep tracks through heather to summit, then across to large Cairn. Met Glasgow Uni rocketeers searching for rocket fired 8 days previously. Across to Little Caldron, and steep heathery descent to join track back to car. Crosbie Hills, Marsh and burn. With the F.C. | The Captain | 04/09/2021 |
From near Knockendon, across grazed fields then through heather to Caldron Hill, along an old 4WD track to Glenton Hill then Gill Hill, before descending alongside a stone wall back to the road. | summitter | 05/05/2019 |
Tussocky heathery trauchle from cattle grid to N which has bonus rivet BM. Frigid breezy frosty start to a sunny day. Then to Cowal ferry | RHW | 13/04/2019 |
Rough moorland traverse from Kaim hill. Particularly slow going down at col, but rewarded with excellent views to W. Down minor road to Ayrshire coastal path and back to Fairlie station to complete 3.5 hour circuit. | Thearlaichdubh | 24/07/2017 |
caldron hill, glenton hill, gill hill from parking at CG near HP on minor road. | robertphillips | 17/02/2017 |
3rd hill of 6 today on a route from West Kilbride to Largs climbing Gill hill, Glenton hill. I used a Track of sorts provided to shooting booths and then headed over to Little Caldron hill which had Its own cairn and then another push 
over to the summit area. Cairn, partially collapsed is on Sw end of summit area whereas the highest point is grassy area to NE about 20m away. | Dazingdale | 20/09/2016 |
P cattle grid track along fence - across Caldron Bog - round back of LC then across E of summit then down and up to CH. Track down N ridge then hard going to car. | chrisbien | 21/07/2014 |
After Kaim Hill. Descent to south. | campagvelocet | 10/11/2010 |
From col to NNE, pretty rough going, nice summit. | agentmancuso | 08/08/2010 |
stevent0809 | 06/03/2022 | |
bjewing | 20/02/2022 | |
colazione | 17/12/2021 | |
Alan Whatley | 30/05/2021 | |
PeteR2017 | 31/01/2021 | |
cmac | 30/05/2020 | |
weaselmaster | 15/05/2020 | |
Sick Kid | 15/05/2020 | |
49pp | 21/09/2019 | |
chalky1953 | 04/03/2017 | |
Feed | 30/08/2015 | |
Colin Crawford | 16/04/2015 | |
irobbo | 18/11/2014 | |
ajwxyzt | 17/07/2014 | |
MacAoidh | 09/10/1994 | |
Sunhat | 21/07/1984 |