Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Hill of Cat
Height: 742m / 2434ft • Prominence: 128m / 420ft • Summit : cairn 8m N of trig point • Trip reports (hill-bagging)

Visit to Hill of Cat for sunset
Can't remember another hill with two trigs on the top. The remains of the old one lay just behind.
01-Oct-22 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
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Dark now by the time we reached Gannoch
A good walk back along the old Firmount Road to Glen Tanar. Stars were great tonight.
01-Oct-22 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
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Waking up to a lovely morning on Hill of Cat
12-Jun-21 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
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Our hotel for the night
Bivi on Hill of Cat. A fine night out. Wind wasn't that bad in the end and temperature was OK. A fine little spot on the hill.
11-Jun-21 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
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Summit of Mount Keen. Too cold to take any more photos!
02-Mar-14 • rum-doodle • flickr
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.

Visit to Hill of Cat for sunset
Can't remember another hill with two trigs on the top. The remains of the old one lay just behind.
01-Oct-22 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
52399001690

Dark now by the time we reached Gannoch
A good walk back along the old Firmount Road to Glen Tanar. Stars were great tonight.
01-Oct-22 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
52399001470


Waking up to a lovely morning on Hill of Cat
12-Jun-21 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
51243258195

Our hotel for the night
Bivi on Hill of Cat. A fine night out. Wind wasn't that bad in the end and temperature was OK. A fine little spot on the hill.
11-Jun-21 • We travel the Spaceways • flickr
51242204731

P3027080
Summit of Mount Keen. Too cold to take any more photos!
02-Mar-14 • rum-doodle • flickr
12884474113


P21 Path on watershed
At this watershed a modern footpath is met which heads to wards Birse.
23-Jan-09 • Grahamtravels • flickr
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P20 Mounth pass with marker stones
At the highest point of the Fungle between Glen Esk and Birse the road appears to have stone markers.
23-Jan-09 • Grahamtravels • flickr
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S6949 - Hill of Cat
NJ484871, LR44. HISTORY Pillar completed 27th July 1952, cost not on record. Computed as secondary triangulation station NJ40/2 within the Ballater secondary block and levelled to second class precision during 1956. This station was also used for the reconnaissance of secondary block NO46 (Forfar) during 1956. This pillar station was last maintained by the Ordnance Survey in August 1973. SITE VISIT Overall approach from the north. Walked from Aboyne, over Bridge of Tanar, up via the Firmounth Road to the bealach then made a bee line for the summit. The remains of an abandoned trig pillar lying nearby. The present pillar is in good condition, but the scrapped pillar retains more paint. The flush bracket was obviously reused in the present pillar. Spider centre open. The flush bracket faces NNW. A recent visitor had created their own monument on top of the pillar from large stones and part of the ruined deer fence nearby. Visited in gloomy but clear conditions. Decended back to Aboyne via Glen Tanar and Creag na Slice. Photographed: 16th July 2001, GRP. ═════════════════════════ Interactive index: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1arx2Qmo5mVeVUJA2lzVG_uzbYPW59ffh&ll=56.972829,-2.849091&z=12" rel="noreferrer nofollow Google My Maps Map: www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/41110925871/in/album-72157692190778971/ Trig Pillars on OS Landranger 44 ═════════════════════════ Neighbouring Triangulation Pillars www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/7905744810/in/album-72157631348956488/ S1584 - Mount Battock : 4.36 miles to the east. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8109926021/in/album-72157631821839859/ S8708 - Carn Ferg : 4.49 miles to the northeast. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8100896333/in/album-72157631801120468/ S7047 - Mount Keen : 4.71 miles to the west. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8109906777/in/album-72157631821839859/ S8697 - Creag Na Slice : 5.64 miles to the north. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8094744754/in/album-72157631778814317/ S5858 - Peter Hill : 5.84 miles to the east. www.flickr.com/photos/13460108@N06/8100917586/in/album-72157631801120468/ S7122 - Cairn Caidloch : 6.42 miles to the southwest. ═════════════════════════
16-Jul-01 • Graeme5015 • flickr
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Videos
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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.