North-west of Kirriemuir was the Tump, Broom Hill. I parked my car at the side of the minor road north of Bykenhilloch and walked along a vehicle track heading west through the trees to join the track coming in from Corriehead Farm. At a derelict house I left this track and followed a deer fence north-west then south-west to the summit of Broom Hill. I visited a few knolls as I wasn’t able to tell which was the highest.
I then drove south along the minor road mentioned above and parked on the verge to the south-west of Carroch Hill. I then walked along the vehicle track to its high point where I crossed some rough grass to the summit of this Tump, although the exact point I couldn’t determine.
The next hill, a Hump, was located south of the junction of the B951 and the B954. (Dykend) I parked on rough ground on the east side of the B954 south of Nether Scithlie Farm and climbed south-west then north-west along the edge of a deer fence. To reach the actual summit of Craiglea Hill, ground west of the summit corner and the cairn, entailed crossing to the other side of the deer fence.
I then moved my car north to the parking area at the south-west end of the Backwater Reservoir. I walked through some trees then north along the edge of a stock fence to reach a deer fence enclosing an area where the forest had been harvested. This fence was followed north-west to its top corner where there was a stock gate and fence. A communications tower was located on the other side of the deer fence. I walked south along the edge of the stock fence to the summit of the Tump, Hill of Bellaty, which was probably one of the heather mounds.
I returned to the deer fence, crossed the stock gate, and followed the edge of this fence as I descended north to the col with Creag Reamhar. I climbed through some rough vegetation, staying close to the deer fence to below a grassy firebreak. Once across the deer fence I walked up the firebreak to the cairn on the summit of this Tump. I also visited a nearby boulder which appeared higher before returning to the col where the access road to the communication tower led to the west side of the reservoir and the start.
On the west side of Backwater Reservoir lay the Tump, Little Ley and the uncategorised Milldewan Hill. I left my vehicle in the car park south of the stream flowing down from Clintlaw Corrie and walked up the side of a stock fence to the south of the corrie. On reaching the north-east ridge of Little Ley I followed the fence to the summit which consisted of a few small mounds.
I descended north-east to the col with Milldewan Hill then climbed to a junction of three fences which appeared to be its highest point. I then descended south-west to re-join the road north of the car park.
- Total time – 4.5 hours.
- Total distance – 15.5 kilometres.
- Total height climbed – 780 metres.