Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Beinn Ghuilean
Height: 354m / 1161ft • Prominence: 276m / 906ft • Summit : no feature • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
S8568 - Beinn Ghuilean
NR726177, LR68. HISTORY Pillar completed 17th November 1955 costing £38.5s.5d. Computed as secondary triangulation station NS04/2 within the Isle of Arran secondary block, and levelled to second class precision during 1956. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in September 1978. SITE VISIT Approached from the north. Parked outside the cemetery by the road at NR728194. Headed along the track outside the north edge of the cemetery. Headed across fields as the undergrowth permits to the track, then followed a steep path to high point at NR720185. Finally, took a near straight line SE up to the summit. The pillar is of sound structure but mindless vandals have seen fit to score their initials into three of the faces. The spider centre had a tar plug but that is broken open. The flush bracket faces east, compass measurement 79°. Vented through three sight holes, port hole on the FB face is still plugged. The full 360° panoramic view includes Arran, Ayrshire, Ailsa Craig, Sanda, Ireland, Islay, Jura, and much of southern Kintyre. Returned via NR729189, this route is not recommended, the undergrowth on the lower slopes is a vicious combination of brambles, thorns and gorse. Photographed: 1st July 2012, GRP. ═════════════════════════ Interactive index: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1arx2Qmo5mVeVUJA2lzVG_uzbYPW59ffh&ll=55.400436,-5.591541&z=12" rel="noreferrer nofollow Google My Maps ═════════════════════════ Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8498176201/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8566 - Island Davaar : 2.39 miles to the northeast. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8511939830/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8562 - Gartloskan Hill : 2.77 miles to the southwest. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8498175831/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8564 - Knock Scalbart : 2.80 miles to the north. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8495612341/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8572 - Ballivulline Hill : 3.88 miles to the north. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8511939690/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8544 - Tirfergus Hill : 3.89 miles to the west. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8511939626/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8565 - Cnoc Odhar : 4.72 miles to the southwest. ═════════════════════════
01-Jul-12 • Graeme5015 • flickr
beinnghuilean s8568 8498176101
1416 Beinn Ghuilean a
29-Apr-12 • Dugswell2 • flickr
beinnghuilean p276 marilyn hump tump yeaman 51417872545
1416 Beinn Ghuilean
Final trig & summit of the day as the wind picked up and clouds rolled in with Richard T & Jim B. Up from the road by edge of garden of last house or steep uphill between stream to west and gold jeweller's sign to east. Name:Beinn Ghuilean Hill number:1416 Height:354m / 1161ft RHB Section:19B: Knapdale and Kintyre County/UA:Argyll and Bute (UA) Catchment:Minor Rivers only (North) Watershed:Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head Class:Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman Grid ref:NR 72938 17075 Summit feature:no feature Drop:276m Col:78m NR680166 OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 68 (1:25k) 356S Observations:trig point 600m NNW may be as high
29-Apr-12 • Dugswell2 • flickr
beinnghuilean p276 marilyn hump tump yeaman 51417149688
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Photos
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S8568 - Beinn Ghuilean
NR726177, LR68. HISTORY Pillar completed 17th November 1955 costing £38.5s.5d. Computed as secondary triangulation station NS04/2 within the Isle of Arran secondary block, and levelled to second class precision during 1956. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in September 1978. SITE VISIT Approached from the north. Parked outside the cemetery by the road at NR728194. Headed along the track outside the north edge of the cemetery. Headed across fields as the undergrowth permits to the track, then followed a steep path to high point at NR720185. Finally, took a near straight line SE up to the summit. The pillar is of sound structure but mindless vandals have seen fit to score their initials into three of the faces. The spider centre had a tar plug but that is broken open. The flush bracket faces east, compass measurement 79°. Vented through three sight holes, port hole on the FB face is still plugged. The full 360° panoramic view includes Arran, Ayrshire, Ailsa Craig, Sanda, Ireland, Islay, Jura, and much of southern Kintyre. Returned via NR729189, this route is not recommended, the undergrowth on the lower slopes is a vicious combination of brambles, thorns and gorse. Photographed: 1st July 2012, GRP. ═════════════════════════ Interactive index: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1arx2Qmo5mVeVUJA2lzVG_uzbYPW59ffh&ll=55.400436,-5.591541&z=12" rel="noreferrer nofollow Google My Maps ═════════════════════════ Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8498176201/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8566 - Island Davaar : 2.39 miles to the northeast. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8511939830/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8562 - Gartloskan Hill : 2.77 miles to the southwest. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8498175831/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8564 - Knock Scalbart : 2.80 miles to the north. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8495612341/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8572 - Ballivulline Hill : 3.88 miles to the north. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8511939690/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8544 - Tirfergus Hill : 3.89 miles to the west. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8511939626/in/set-72157631821839859/ S8565 - Cnoc Odhar : 4.72 miles to the southwest. ═════════════════════════
01-Jul-12 • Graeme5015 • flickr
beinnghuilean s8568 8498176101
1416 Beinn Ghuilean a
29-Apr-12 • Dugswell2 • flickr
beinnghuilean p276 marilyn hump tump yeaman 51417872545
1416 Beinn Ghuilean
Final trig & summit of the day as the wind picked up and clouds rolled in with Richard T & Jim B. Up from the road by edge of garden of last house or steep uphill between stream to west and gold jeweller's sign to east. Name:Beinn Ghuilean Hill number:1416 Height:354m / 1161ft RHB Section:19B: Knapdale and Kintyre County/UA:Argyll and Bute (UA) Catchment:Minor Rivers only (North) Watershed:Mull of Kintyre to Rattray Head Class:Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman Grid ref:NR 72938 17075 Summit feature:no feature Drop:276m Col:78m NR680166 OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 68 (1:25k) 356S Observations:trig point 600m NNW may be as high
29-Apr-12 • Dugswell2 • flickr
beinnghuilean p276 marilyn hump tump yeaman 51417149688
Videos
Good news! The drone is back in action so I thought I'd take it for a test flight during my evening walk through the Beinn Ghuilean ...
Video tour of Benrioch, a large, modern, bungalow property just 1 mile from the center of Campbeltown, on the Kintyre Peninsula ...
Watch the sunset to the West of Campbeltown in South Kintyre. Filmed at the summit of Knocscalbert.
A video compilations of some videos and timelapses that I have made this year (2022) around Campbeltown, Kintyre Peninsula, ...
Making the most of a Sunday afternoon in South Kintyre, I decided to take the drone with me for a fantastic walk to Killypole Loch.
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.