Garlet Hill, Broom Hill and Roman Hill: I managed to park on the verge of the unclassified road, accessed from the A97 north-east of Glenkindie, and north-west of the access road to Cookshill, and walked north along a vehicle track through fields of sheep to the empty house at Corrie of Morlich. Beyond, a gate in the deer fence, allowed further progress before I left this track and followed a little used one onto Garlet Hill where the trees were well spaced. The highest point of this Tump wasn’t obvious although it appeared to be amongst some heather.
The descent north through the trees led back to the original vehicle track but further along it then to another gate in the deer fence. The vehicle track continued north-west along the side of the deer fence losing a bit of height before gradually climbing below the west side of Broom Hill. Around the high point I left the track and climbed through heather of various lengths to the trig point marking the summit of the Tump, Broom Hill.
I returned to the vehicle track then located the one which descended to the ruins at Coulburn listening to the roaring of the stags. Here I walked briefly south on a track but left it, crossed some rough ground and a stream, to join a vehicle track on the lower reaches of Roman Hill disturbing the deer. A vehicle track, not marked on my map, led to a crow trap and after a short walk through the trees a snow covered track took me across the heather and along the edge of some well spaced trees to the summit of the Tump, Roman Hill, which appeared to be a large clump of heather.
I descended on vehicle tracks to the ruins at Coulburn then the ones used earlier in the day to return to Corrie of Morlich and the start.
Tom Beith: This Tump was located to the south-west of Glenkindie and I looked at approaching it from the east but this meant crossing fields of cattle. I therefore drove round to the west side of the hill and parked in a small quarry at the end of the public road south of Culquoich.
I then continued south on foot along the farm road, passed fields where deer were farmed, to a bend in the road and here I left it and climbed through heather to the west of Burns Wood. Once under an electric fence a grassy vehicle track headed east later clearing the edge of the wood and led to a stock gate. Beyond it and some vehicle tracks I arrived on the summit of Tom Beith where I visited a couple of high points. The return was by the upward route.
- Total time – 4.75 hours.
- Total distance – 15.75 kilometres.
- Total height climbed – 750 metres.