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I had two reasons to go for a walk up this hill. Firstly, it features very much in the book 'Balnamoon - The Rebel Laird' , and secondly, I've developed a bit of a taste for Malts and this hill was the location of the fabled Whisky Bothy. The Whisky Bothy features in the book as the location where Balnamoon almost gets caught by the redcoats whilst searching for the Bothy, in fact, the very chapter I was reading last night.
It is a fine walk. Short and only 380m. It has a fine monument on top which I've often looked at as I've driven up Glenesk.
The walk starts at the public Carpark in Tarfside, about 8 miles up the glen. Leave the carpark, turn left and instead of following the road to Invermark, go straight on past the church. The church is a cracking piece of architecture well worth a visit.
The path is obvious, we followed a good landrover track then left the to follow a fence line up to the top. The views north as we went up.
Not sure why the hill is known as 'Hill of Rowan', as this was the only tree I spotted. A birch as we clambered on.
Our first view of the monument on top.
Which on closer inspection is a massive structure. A lot bigger than I'd imagined.
The Geocache brigade had been here before.
A right dark, damp chamber within.
Interesting the way it had been built. The top was ringed and topped with quartzite.
The views back down Glenesk.
And quite appropriate, a picture of my dog Molly. She should be at home here as this is where she's from. She was from a litter of Springers from Millden, the Glenesk estate, only 2 miles away.
A great afternoon on the hills in Angus.