28 May 2019
Participants: Neil and Ben
Where: Murrayshall Hill, 280m/919', P 100m, HuMP, OS 58, NO 165 253
This is a hill that I had been thinking about climbing for a while. It has not one but two monuments on its slopes plus an open view to the hills of the Grampians. All I needed was a really clear day and this was it.
There was space to park the car just past Twomile House on the wee road that runs along the north side of the hill. Otherwise, parking looks very difficult close to the hill but you could make a longer walk of it by starting in Scone. There was a path all the way, signposted at the start, and initially going through the golf course. The views looking back to Scone and the hills beyond soon opened out.....
The summit mound is topped by the Lynedoch Obelisk, erected in 1853 in memory of Thomas Graham who fought alongside Wellington at the battle of Barossa in the Peninsula War. He was rewarded for his efforts by being created Baron Lynedoch of Balgowan and was apparently well respected in the local community, hence the monument.....
The path carried on fairly gently down the hill to the next monument, the McDuff monument which was built as a folly before 1783 by the family who lived nearby in Bonhard House which is still a private dwelling today. Looking back at the Lynedoch Obelisk from the McDuff monument.....
There is not a great deal left of the monument.....
but it is another superb viewpoint.....
An easy walk and one that is well worth doing (on a good day).
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