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4th Jul 2023  12:00  by RoccosAdventures

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 10/10

Moved in to my top 10 walks - and the trigs not bad either - very easy to get to plenty of parking - we did the circular route via the old military road - extensive damage to trig - brilliant views all around especially Lochnagar - great views of Balmoral Castle and the Prince Alberts Cairn on return route via OMR.

TP3339 - Rocco enjoying the views and posing as usual One of my favourites great views and will definitely revisit

29th Jun 2023  15:43  by [email protected]

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

With Zuzana

26th Mar 2023  08:27  by [email protected]

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

4th Aug 2022  12:00  by Fife Walking

Gridref: NO 29789 98183   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Trig cracked and missing cap From Braenaloin (ample parking) on what was a cold August day. Later, hailstones fell in Ballater. Easy track to summit. Returned via track to west then walk back along the road.

©Fife Walking

4th Mar 2022  16:14  by bobvictor67

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

15th Jan 2022  10:12  by Nellydean

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Fine easy walking on good tracks, easy parking at start point using walk highland route for hill

21st Jun 2021  16:08  by MrHappy

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

3rd Nov 2019  12:13  by mcbboyd

Gridref: NO 29791 98180   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Walk up Geallaig hill in the rain. Was glad of the shelter built up around the trig to duck out of the wind for a while. No views to be had from the trig today, well in the cloud. Walked back via track heading to the southwest to make a loop of it, with short walk along the road back to the car, by which time I was drenched thanks to my waterproof trousers no longer being waterproof!

4th Jul 2019  11:25  by Morecambe Monkey

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

24th Jun 2019  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NO 29792 98173   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

14th Oct 2018  18:11  by tummelv

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

You don't realise the pillar is actually here until you get right to the cairn because the cairn totally obscures it on approach! Lovely views from the top on a fine and warm October afternoon.

14th Oct 2018  00:00  by billygunn

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

(Not) found whilst Geocaching. My 100th pillar!

9th Jul 2018  18:30  by vgiorgio

Gridref: NO 29790 98186   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

9th Jun 2018  10:45  by ngthack

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Easy walk up on estate track. Plug missing & crack all round near base.

FB ©ngthack
Spider. ©ngthack
General view. ©ngthack

25th May 2018  13:30  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

Parked near the cairn on the Old Military Road (B976) and then up on the track across the moor to Geallaig Hill where the pillar resides within its protective circular wall. Open cap with all sight-holes open. Grand views up here today, and plenty of hares, red grouse and lapwings. All good company. Returned via the north-westerly track back to the road at Braenaloin (20 minutes road walk back to car) making it a circular walk of just two hours.

25th Oct 2017  16:23  by Downfaller

Gridref: NO 29790 98183   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Accessed from the track at NJ280000. A walk up the track on a really blustery day. Plenty of grouse about and very reluctant to leave the cover of the heather in such high winds. Once they were airborne it was Mach 1 in seconds. Spectacular views of the River Dee and Balmoral estate. Trig nicely surrounded by its own outer fortress wall which proved very welcoming in the high wind and easily accommodated Nozzer, Big J and I without the need for shelter seating manoeuvres. Pillar has a large horizontal crack running through at FB height, plug missing.

25th Oct 2017  16:23  by BigJ

Gridref: NO 29790 98183   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

With Downfaller and Nozzer.

25th Oct 2017  16:15  by nozzer

Gridref: NO 29790 98183   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Visited with Downfaller and Big J

16th Jun 2017  11:36  by dal

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

Very good viewpoint. Pleasant stroll along track from W. Crack. No cap. Well protected in large shelter.

3rd Oct 2016  07:43  by John.T.Philip

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

17th Sep 2016  12:06  by CJO

Gridref: NO 29795 98181   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

Cap missing. Crack all way round a FB level. Great sunny day with a gentle breeze.

Geallaig Hill

14th Sep 2016  12:49  by Fester

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

23rd Oct 2015  11:10  by Sealf4

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Crack round base of pillar. Low cloud base over the Cairngorms meant poor views.

20th Sep 2015  15:25  by NormanW

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

24th May 2015  00:00  by shanksi

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

Great views of Deeside and Lochnagar on trip with family. Big crack in trig point.

mrs shanksi beside the trig point

3rd Jul 2014  12:05  by Garth Fenton

Gridref: NO 29792 98173   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Pillar cracked 12" above the ground, centre missing

6th Oct 2013  11:54  by Sandrax2

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

20th May 2013  15:53  by ProSpec

Gridref: NO 29791 98183   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Parked near the Strone and did an anti-clockwise loop round the marked estate roads.

Geallaig Hill pillar

18th May 2013  10:30  by bluebeard

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

tgoc2013 Visited in low cloud and had to get my compass out for the first time on this trip.

8th Jul 2012  13:00  by Chalky

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

Cracked at FB height, spider centre open,inside large well built shelter cairn. Previously visited this Graham 21/08/99 no trig details noted.

24th May 2012  14:45  by dugswell2

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Easy bag up track from NW, on a very warm day.

24th Feb 2012  12:55  by Robert Phillips

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

7th Feb 2010  00:00  by DeniseMc

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

17th Jun 2008  09:45  by PHMB

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Parked on B976 at Braenaloin and took rough track all the way to the trigpoint. rather a plateau at the top of the hill but good views allthe way up. Mostly heather at top, only Golden Plover for company. High corral of rocks surrounds the pillar and may stem further deteriotion. Pillar has horizontal crack. Remnants of white paint. The plug is missing and hole is unfilled.

24th May 2008  17:40  by coinea

Gridref: NO 29796 98172   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

24th May 2008  17:33  by clochandighter

Gridref: NO 29793 98170   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 8/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 20th April 1956 costing a whopping £124.6s.7½d. Computed as secondary triangulation station NJ40/11 within block NO46 (Forfar) and block NJ40 (Ballater) during 1956. Levelled for height to Class 2 precision also in 1956. Last maintained by the OS in June 1974. SITE VISIT: Approached from WNW. Parked by roadside cairn at NO265986. Followed mapped tracks to summit. Pillar inside wind shelter. Column cracked through at FB height. Spider centre open. Flush bracket faces northwest, compass measurement 329°. All sight holes open but innards filled with moss. 360° panorama from summit. This bag marks my last unvisited surviving trig pillar on Landranger 44, and in the whole of grid area NO.

S8744 - Geallaig Hill pillar & FB

24th Feb 2007  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

Deep horizontal crack at FB height. No cap or plug. Bleak summit in mist, trig in shelter cairn, beside track. 3rd Marilyn of 24 visited in 24h.

27th Jan 2006  12:00  by Sandman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 6/10

Geallaig Hill ©Sandman

13th Jun 2004  12:34  by arranc

Gridref: NO 29800 98100   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

21st Jul 2003  13:00  by lepustimidus

Gridref: NO 29791 98172   FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Traditional trig in a stone shelter. Top open. A serious crack running round trig at mid FB level.

22nd Feb 2003  09:15  by fasgadh

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

Crack running around the pillar. Its on the way out. Easy ascent up a track from the Crathie-Gairn road. Went on to visit Ladylea Hill and the Buck on a driech day. Not enough snow for skiing.

20th Jul 2002  17:15  by fergie

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 6/10

Graham with Robert

15th Apr 2002  11:37  by Drumlin

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 7/10

7th Apr 2001  09:00  by Oldhortus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Up from Crathie and followed the ridge down to Ballater

18th Mar 2000  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 7/10

No details noted - decent hill, fine view esp to Lochnagar

5th Sep 1998  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S8744  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

S8744