Dundaff Hill

21 February 2018

 

Participants: Just me

Where: Dundaff Hill, 352m/1155', P103, HuMP, OS 57, NS 735 845

 

One of our favourite walks in the Campsie Fells is along the shores of the Carron Valley Reservoir. I had often looked up at Dundaff Hill and wondered what the view from it was like. Today I decided to find out.....

 

 

I parked at a phone box pretty close to the start of the climb. Looking at the hill.....

 

 

There was a big flock of sheep in the initial field so I avoided them by going into a wooded area and crossing the field higher up.....

 

 

There was a lot of barbed wire about but fortunately gates at all the crossing points. The view back to the reservoir with Meikle Bin at its head soon opened up.....

 

I reached a wall which I followed to the summit area, which was ridden with tussocks. I reckoned that this was the highest point.....

 

 

There were a number of circular depressions in the ground. I had read that there were Bronze Age enclosures further down the hillside but these looked more likely to be the remains of some industrial activity.....

 

 

It was a bit hazy so the view to the east was restricted; this was the best I could do- a very faint outline of the Ochil hills on the horizon