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Name: | Struther's Brae |
Hill number: | 7233 |
Height: | 540m / 1772ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1744 Windy Standard |
RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
Donald area: | Carsphairn Hills |
County/UA: | East Ayrshire |
Catchment: | Dee (Kirkcudbright), Catchment Boundaries, Nith |
Watershed: | Solway Firth |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey (Tu,5,DDew) |
Grid ref: | NS 61559 05568 |
Summit feature: | no feature: grass near track |
Drop: | 39m |
Col: | 501m NS615051 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 71 77 (1:25k) 328S |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 40 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
On a round of Tumps around Afton reservoir. Onto Milray hill | Andrew Simmons | 30/10/2023 |
Parked in Glen Afton near the start of the windfarm track. Circuit of 10 summits. 9/10. From Auchincally Hill via mapped firebreaks. | PGCE | 13/10/2023 |
Track right to the top. | Tisteln | 21/09/2023 |
RIB, Bran | HFB | 25/02/2023 |
Strolled across the top of this one while walking the wind farm track back to Craigdarroch while completing the round of Grahams/Donald's around Afton Reservoir. Turbine WTG3 pretty much marks the spot. | Jossker | 14/05/2022 |
From Glen Afton car park out by wind farm over Black Hill to Struther's Brae then followed excellent firebreaks over to Milray Hill with only one downed tree easily bypassed. Back same way. | SS | 26/04/2022 |
From Blackcraig Farm for a round of Blackcraig Hill, Blacklorg Hill, Meikledodd Hill, Alwhat, 	Alhang, Windy Standard, Black Hill and Struther's Brae. | rhalstead | 17/04/2022 |
Roadside verge parking 450m back from Craigdarroch (NS 6324 0694), could've been closer to the WF road but someone had nicked that spot. Took WF road for ~1300m then peeled off SW for a direct line to the top, crossing unmapped WF roads, so a longer but gentler approach could be made. The top has been flattened a little as there's a turbine almost at the summit. On to Milray Hill, Auchincally Hill and Yarngallows Knowe for a 12.5k round of Nith and Dee Catchment hills. | jonglew | 11/01/2022 |
From Black Hill on Glen Afton round, top now occupied by Wind Turbine. | PeterD | 12/10/2021 |
Approx 40km round from Glen Afton, starting near Craigdarroch. Direct ascent to Yarngallows Knowe, then Struther's Brae, Black Hill (also visiting tops similar in height to the summit), Black Hill, Wedder Hill, Millaneoch Hill, Keoch Rigg, Moorbrock Hill N Top, Moorbrock Hill, Dodd Hill (+ nearby mounds of similar height), Mid Hill of Glenhhead, camped near summit off Alhang. Continued short distance to Alhang summit, then Ewe Hill N Top, Ewe Hill, Alwhat, Meikledodd Hill, Blacklorg Hill, Cannock Hill and Craigbraneoch Hill, descending to cross bridge at Craigdarroch. Rain for much of route, and wet underfoot. | RobertP | 22/08/2020 |
2nd hill of 13 today, following the fenceline after Yarngallows Knowe then veering off to climb up the turbine track to the top; hardstanding tarmac covers the summit so nearest natural point on the edge. Continuation Wnw for Auchincally hill via the marked cairn.. | Dazingdale | 22/09/2019 |
5th and last of the day. Wind farm tracks have ruined this once wilderness. Future generations will look at these landscapes the same as we currently do when in old mining areas. Back to the car park at the water works. Solo. | bolton | 05/05/2019 |
Round of Craigbranreoch, Cannock, Black Hill, Struther's Brae and Yarngallows Knowe. Easy through the industrial estate to turbine 3. Great views of reservoir through the turbine blades. | Thearlaichdubh | 12/04/2019 |
Parked in front of large green prefab in Craigdarroch at 632064 (OK with farmer) - N. up road for 300m or so to start of wind farm track - Along track to remains of a small wooden hut at 625057 & then up over tussock, partly along ATV track, to the most southerly turbine No.1 - Followed track to summit which lies alongside Turbine No.3. Continued to Black Hill & Windy Standard. (S) | gerrybowes | 23/01/2019 |
Loop of Glen Afton from water works (car park closed but plenty room) taking in Black Hill, Struther's Brae, Windy Standard, Alhang, Alwhat, Meikledodd Hill, Blacklorg Hill, Cannock Hill and Craigbraneoch Hill. Excellent walking though lots of new wind farm stuff (restricted currently as construction site). | SS | 14/07/2018 |
An evening bonus summit after a circuit of the tops around Windy Standard. Drove from Afton CP to a pull in on the wind farm track leaving the Afton Water road a mile or so North. A haul up the hillside, past turbines and through patches of churned peat was recompensed by a deep red and gold sunset just as I reached the turbine top of Struther's Brae. | Nick Down1 | 24/03/2018 |
Summit replaced with a turbine and hardstanding | cjo | 29/10/2017 |
Windfarm being introduced on this ridge from here South West to join up with Windy Standard. | Anton | 12/07/2017 |
From Struther's Brae. Part of an 11 summit clockwise circuit of Glen Afton. On to Yarngallows Knowe. | Minto | 05/06/2016 |
Acw round struthers brae, black hill, jedburgh knees, windy standard, trostan hill, dugland,keoch rig, millaneoch hill, wedder hill,cannock hill, craigbraneoch hill, from afton water works. | robertphillips | 27/12/2015 |
Along fenceline from Yarngallows Knowe. | agentmancuso | 26/09/2015 |
Craigbraneoch - Cannock - Black - Struther's | chrisbien | 23/04/2012 |
dullish summit; fine view N. from tk to E | RHW | 25/08/2003 |
thenomad | 30/01/2023 | |
stevent0809 | 07/06/2022 | |
Robin56 | 05/06/2021 | |
Tricky | 21/09/2020 | |
Lindsay M | 10/10/2019 | |
Gallovidian | 22/02/2019 | |
cmac | 07/07/2018 | |
john steel | 23/03/2018 | |
carole engel | 12/09/2016 | |
chalky1953 | 11/09/2016 | |
mae | 17/03/2016 | |
Steve Q | 28/12/2014 | |
Dave Geere | 23/09/2013 | |
irobbo | 21/08/2013 | |
Colin Crawford | 20/05/2012 | |
campagvelocet | 31/05/2011 | |
Belfarm | blank |