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18th Apr 2024  14:40  by RoccosAdventures

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Parked in centre of Torphins and walked out - a wee bit pesky but generally easy enough although through mixed terrain - interesting fortification before you get to the trig no views as such as surrounded by tress etc.

16th Jun 2023  16:21  by vegibagger

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

16:39 aborted attempt by the 'easy ride' track used by others in the past from the north, by horrendous wind felled jungle at 240 metres up... Despite initial attempts left and right B4 abandoning. Back to car. New route along track eastwards then diagonally across fields up goence line ride the another ride left, south direct to the summit Trig S5603 deep indented lettering in OS cap

30th Jan 2023  11:31  by bobvictor67

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

11th Aug 2021  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NJ 59221 03159   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Gate NJ 5948 0397 (parking lay-by to NW). Good wide break up thru' trees. At fence line- south, some long grass, old trees and a low fence, after which deer trod up break - easy

10th May 2021  14:57  by BigJ

Gridref: NJ 59224 03162   FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Followed the jackrustles route from the north and arrived at the pillar without incident. Strange that the top is devoid of trees. Site of a fort perhaps? With Nozzer.

10th May 2021  14:56  by nozzer

Gridref: NJ 59221 03167   FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

9th May 2020  16:45  by benjaminrees

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

Found it mostly by chance when exploring clearings in the woods. Google maps satellite view reasonably helpful.

2nd May 2020  18:00  by andrewmcmurtrie

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

20th Apr 2020  18:38  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

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

Trees obscuring most views.

Steve Helmore ©COVID Trig Point Challenge

21st Sep 2018  14:33  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

1:25k essential for this. Parked in lay-by NJ 59472 03966 then up the very busy road to the gate NJ 59563 03902, followed mapped track to O2 mast NJ 59451 03740 and then crossed the fence at NJ 59292 03424 and took various firebreaks up to the trigpoint itself. Also walked onto the Cairn Mude, the track between the trig and the cairn was much rougher than expected. Back via same route.

Stot Hill selfie ©thejackrustles
Stot Hill collage

23rd Jun 2018  16:37  by coinea

Gridref: NJ 59221 03160   FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

S5603 Stot Hill ©coinea

23rd Jun 2018  16:36  by clochandighter

Gridref: NJ 59220 03158   FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Revisit. SITE VISIT: Overall approach from NNE. Parked in layby on NE side of A980 at NJ594039. Entered track continuing up mapped firebreak past comms mast which is still a track to NJ593034, then turning SE for ~100m, 1:25K map essential. Continued SSW via mapped firebreak until reaching top, making mental notes by looking behind upon leaving firebreaks for the return journey. Pillar in summit clearing. Column in good condition. Spider retains OS centre cap with deep indented letters. Flush bracket faces NNW, compass measurement 339°. Vented through NE sight hole. The view was lost to the surrounding woods many years ago.

S5603 - Stot Hill & self
S5603 - Stot Hill pillar & FB

7th Feb 2018  14:07  by Sandrax2

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

12th Apr 2015  16:03  by Bexen

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Fairly easy to get to trig as long as you have a 1:25000 map. If the tree's weren't there then the view would be really good.

Trig and Flush Bracket ©Bexen

14th Jan 2009  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

1:25000 very useful here - easy fire breaks as shown up to the trig.

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5th May 2007  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

vgc, metal cap, deep letters, largeish heather clearing. Lots of fun with this one - plantation much larger than on my map, which I'd left in the car, carrying just a compass and a rough idea of topography. Barns at NJ597035 also not on my map.

6th Aug 2002  12:12  by clochandighter

FB Number: S5603  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 16th July 1949 costing £10.17s.6d. Computed as secondary triangulation station NO89/27 with the Aberdeen block during 1950. Levelled for height also in 1950. Last maintained by the OS in July 1978. SITE VISIT: Stot Hill was approached from the east, probably the only semi-reasonable approach. Trig pillar in good condition. Spider retains OS centre cap with stamped lettering. Flush bracket faces north. Decending west or north from the summit seemed impossible due to the undergrowth and dense woods. I decended southwards through a fire break fighting deep ferns, weeds and channelled bogs so cannot recommend that route either.

S5603 - Stot Hill pillar & FB