I parked on the east verge of the unclassified road just south of the bridge over the Burn of Cally in Glen Prosen, Angus, and walked across the bridge and onto the vehicle track going north-west where there were a couple of gates including one for pedestrians. Beyond I continued along an old vehicle track that ran through a young forest and across the heather moorland before joining a more obvious vehicle track that rose from further up Glen Prosen. This track took me passed the rocks at Cairn Leith and onto the Tump, Hill of Spott, where I visited the cairn via a gate in the deer fence. However it appeared to me that the highest point was some 600 metres back along the ridge that I had just walked.
From Hill of Spott I descended north on a vehicle track to the col with Knachly where a little used track led to the cairn marking the summit of this Tump. After a break sheltering from the wind I descended east through heather following an old fence. A small wooden bridge took me across the Burn of Cally then I continued north-east along the side of this fence. A vehicle track then headed over Hill of Balbee, up the Sneck of Lapshalloch and to the summit of the Hump, Hill of Couternach.
The vehicle track continued over the Craigs of Lethnot and up the Sneck of Corinch to the summit of The Goal where the highest point of this Tump was apparently on the north side of a fence. I then descended west through heather of various lengths to reach a deer fence where an opening gave access to a track through the trees and to the road in Glen Prosen.
On leaving Glen Prosen I stopped off to the north-east of Mile Hill and climbed through the trees mainly using forestry vehicle tracks, created when the wood was thinned, to gain the summit of this Tump. The highest point wasn’t determined. The return was by the upward route.
- Total time – 3.75 hours.
- Total distance – 12 kilometres.
- Total height climbed – 620 metres.