Carnachie, South of Dallas, Moray

I parked my car beside the start of the private road leading to Auchness Farm, reached along minor snow and ice covered roads south from the village of Dallas in Moray. My map showed that the public road went to the farm but a sign indicated otherwise but In any[…]

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Hills Around Berry Burn Wind Farm Moray

I drove south on the A940 Forres to Grantown Road to immediately before Glenernie and the bridge over the River Divie. Here I headed east along the minor road to Tomcork Farm. I had read it was possible to continue to the wind farm and this was still the case[…]

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Tumps South of Forres

Newtyle Hill – This Tump was located south of Forres and east of the A940 Forres to Dava Road. My starting point was Phorp Farm at the end of a minor public road although I was actually able to drive a short distance along the vehicle track that led to[…]

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Tumps in Moray

York Tower – This Tump was located west of Elgin and south-west of the junction of the A96 Elgin to Forres Road and the B9013 to Burghead. I parked at the west side of the minor road to the east of the hill then climbed fairly steeply through the well[…]

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Three Little Moray Hills

Cairn Cattoch – This Tump was located north of the village of Archiestown, which lies on the B9102 Craigellachie to Knockando Road in Moray. From the village centre I drove the short distance north on a tarred road and parked at the north side of a house. There was no[…]

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Strath Spey

Scoot More – The starting point for this Tump was the forest track on the west side of the B9102 Grantown on Spey to Knockando Road just north of its junction with the B9138 Marypark Road. I walked south-west along this track gradually gaining height to a junction of tracks[…]

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Moray Tumps

Old Fir Hill – Located north-east of Keith this Tump was climbed from the single track road to the north. Parking at the side if this minor road near the start of the vehicle track east of Rosebank wasn’t possible but I did located a spot around 600 metres to[…]

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Moray

I left my vehicle at Rothes Golf Club and walked west along a vehicle track then south on a forest track to reach a quarry. From there I pushed my way through youngish fir trees and into an open area where I visited a couple of high points, either could[…]

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