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13th Apr 2024  10:10  by SeaChange

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

©SeaChange

24th Nov 2023  19:51  by Katrinaandrea89

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

30th Jan 2023  11:32  by Lynnebe

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

12th Sep 2022  00:00  by Llondon

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

14th Feb 2022  14:09  by Oldhortus

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

6th Feb 2022  21:07  by Katrinaandrea89

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

6th Feb 2022  21:06  by Katrinaandrea89

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

14th May 2021  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NO 33112 16482   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

10th May 2021  16:17  by KevP

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Looks like someone has been having a go at digging out the spider.

3rd Jan 2021  11:42  by Fife Walking

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

repeat visit. This time from Fernie via track and field. Required fence climbing.

10th Oct 2020  11:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NO 33112 16490   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Parked in field and followed path to gate and monument

19th May 2019  11:24  by fasgadh

Gridref: NO 33115 16481   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Been chipped about a bit.

Mount Hill ©fasgadh
Mount Hill ©fasgadh
Mount Hill ©fasgadh

13th Apr 2019  08:05  by scotti

Gridref: NO 33110 16488   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Marilyn No.17. From Cupar via country roads and the track to the summit area.

Looking west to pillar and monument
Hopetoun Monument dwarfing the pillar

26th Mar 2019  12:02  by Skerryvore

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Walked from the Deer Centre with Elaine. Lots of Pheasants and Yellowhammers. We got to go to the top of the monument because some Polish people had got the key. Great views from the top but was very glad of the torch! Not an attractive monument but a good walk.

11th Feb 2019  13:15  by Sealf4

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

This was the 2nd of 4 Fife Marilyns and trig points I would visit today and not the best! Initially looked at parking near Fernie and heading up from NO320150 but there was nowhere suitable. There was a car already at the main starting place NO339159 but I was able to tuck my van in behind a tree, just before a slight bend at NO337157. The walk is straightforward along signed tracks. A deer fence encloses the summit, monument and pillar but there is a gate at NO330165. Due to tree cover, views from the summit were minimal. The monument dwarfs the TP. It (the monument) was locked but rather spookily I could hear noises from inside. TP slightly eroded at the top. Cap open

6th Aug 2017  17:55  by lr

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

5th Apr 2017  14:45  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

As per Bexen's log. Great walk up to trig, fully pathed all the way up. Once up there there is the Hopetoun monument which is quite spectacular

Mount Hill selfie ©thejackrustles
Mount Hill collage

1st May 2016  15:05  by Bexen

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Great walk up to trig, fully pathed all the way up. Once up there there is the Hopetoun monument which is quite spectacular

Alex next to Trig ©Bexen
Alex on Trig with Hopetoun Monument in Background ©Bexen

29th Jan 2016  15:15  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

There was a storm brewing again (Storm Gertrude apparently - who chooses these names?). Not sure whether I was running before it, but suddenly I seemed to be within its vortex. What a buffeting. Pillar seemed unfazed though: open cap & one sight-hole open. Back down the slippery hill definitely in the eye of the storm, for a right soaking.

23rd Jan 2016  11:11  by Fester

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Trees spoil the view somewhat.Tried to get the key but nobody at home.Cut benchmark on south face of monument.

2nd Jan 2016  17:44  by Ham Mathieson

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Visibility still poor so unable to access views accurately. Slightly damaged top and side, with no plug. Would have loved to climb tower to look down on trig.

©Ham Mathieson

25th Oct 2015  15:00  by ger

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

25th Oct 2014  13:29  by Robert Phillips

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

5th Mar 2014  12:25  by ocean soul

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

On ROWs from lane to ESE ...

12th Apr 2013  07:32  by NormanW

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

3rd Feb 2012  13:53  by Border Peat

Gridref: NO 33112 16490   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Worth more but a bit hazey Pleasant walk with ground under foot frozen

Tower+Trig S4774©Border Peat

7th Jan 2012  18:09  by pricklyangelduo

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

©pricklyangelduo

10th Aug 2011  11:00  by Kennit

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

3rd Jun 2010  12:00  by g4wsb

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb

30th May 2010  10:07  by andyc

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Views better from field to north of woods, pleasant spot in woodland. Climbed from SE.

6th Mar 2010  10:00  by juankerr

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

©juankerr

24th Nov 2009  14:14  by Aye Jimmy

Gridref: NO 33114 16484   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

The adjacent tower was well shut with a metal door and two padlocks.

Mount Hill Damaged top.
Mount Hill Location and smashed asphalt cap.
Mount Hill The FB.

27th Aug 2009  11:50  by Boys from the Dyes

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Easy walk up from south east. Only room for 1 car at right of way sign at start of walk.

Mount Hill pillar and flush bracket.

6th Aug 2009  10:45  by dugswell2

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

From east on dry clear day. Met a man and family who had a key to the tower which certainly improved the view. This was the 6th time the tower had been open since October 2008. Very dark and narrow on way up....

23rd Apr 2009  18:20  by Lathama

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Situated just below a hill summit on which stands a fine monume to John, 4th Earl on Hopetoit. The plug is missing. There is some white and yellow lichen on the pillar and there are some chips out of the top and sides. Concrete base projects about 4" all round. NW sighthole open, others closed. Fine spot.

24th Nov 2008  00:00  by Sprog

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

18th Oct 2008  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

Top and sides a bit tatty; remains of asphalt plug. Summit beside Monument: I entertained myself for a while getting a photo including FB and top of tower ! Easy access from SE, space for a car, luckily unoccupied and no-one seen en route. Nice summit and view. Tower door padlocked. Path crosses summit WSW-ENE although couldn't find its E end on the way up.

28th Feb 2007  13:04  by RichTea

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

15th Feb 2007  15:33  by vegibagger

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

with Jamie and the hill which could've won me an Angry Corrie christmas quiz prize if I'd been a little more diligent and after, ironically getting kicked earlier in the day on Largo Law

15th May 2006  09:50  by Karl60

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

No views today, too much fog.

Trig, Monument, Fog

17th Apr 2006  15:20  by coinea

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

S4774 Trig Pillar and Flush Bracket. ACG©coinea

18th Jun 2005  19:02  by clochandighter

Gridref: NO 33114 16490   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

There's a chunk out of one of the apexes exposing the end of the spider. Pillar otherwise good. Tar plug broken open. FB faces south. One (back) sighting hole open. Wooded hill but top clear. Pillar dwarfed by Hopetoun Monument. Views to Drumcarrow Craig, Largo Law, Clatto Hill, Craigowl. Completed 12th June 1948. Secondary station in Block NO42, Dundee. Revisited and photographed 18/06/2005, GRP.

7th Apr 2005  13:30  by Firth of Forth

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

Good views - nearly 360 degrees - of gently rolling Fife countryside. There is forestry work going on nearby. Took non-digital phots - will upload when developed.

10th Jan 2004  00:00  by agentmancuso

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

31st Dec 2002  13:35  by fasgadh

Gridref: NO 33121 16510   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Next to the giant lum of the Hopetown Monument. First hill of many over a very fine New Year trip. A lot of trees have been recently felled so the views are back

The trig, next to the monument Dwarfed by the great lum of the northern of the two Hopetoun monuments and now with a clear view.

6th Dec 2001  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

S4774
S4774

25th Aug 2001  12:00  by peregrinus

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

No details noted - pleasant ascent, albeit no view & monument (tall tower) well fortified

7th Aug 2001  15:57  by Sandman

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

16th Jun 2000  13:36  by arranc

Gridref: NO 33100 16500   FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

7th May 1988  17:50  by clochandighter

FB Number: S4774  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

First visit. To record FB number. The pillar was completed 12th June 1948 costing £6.15s.0d. Later in 1948 this marker was computed for triangulation as secondary station NO42/11 in the Dundee block. The flush bracket was levelled for height in 1967. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in June 1986. Neighbouring monument is inscribed with: "To perpetuate the memory of John 4th Earl of Hopetoun who died 16 August 1823, this memorial is erected by the inhabitants of Fife MDCCCXXVI". (1826).