O.S. Triangulation Pillar - Ben Tirran (The Goet), Angus.
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N 56° 51.522 W 003° 01.751
30V E 498220 N 6301657
Ordnance Survey trig pillar, constructed in 1952, on the summit of The Goet, above Glen Clova in the eastern Grampian Mountains.
Waymark Code: WM13864
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/09/2020
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This pillar is situated on the 2939 feet, 896 metre, The Goet, a Scottish Corbett mountain between 2500 and 3000 feet. Alternatively referred to as Ben Tirran, which is actually a cairned height lower down to the south-west, the pillar is at the high point of a vast area of rolling mountain moorland between the Angus glens of Clova and Esk.
The mountain lies above the eastern side of Loch Wharral, a small loch contained within a rocky corrie above Glen Clova. The pillar is in good condition and lies within a stone-built shelter.
STEEPNESS: A stiff climb from Glen Clova all the way until the gradient eases towards the summit area.
TERRAIN: A combination of grass, heather and boggier patches higher up.
ACCESSIBILITY: Generally reached from the hamlet of Clova and its hotel which is three miles to the west. It can be reached via a near three mile walk along the B955 to the track up to Loch Wharral, or from the track at the hotel up to Loch Brandy, then eastwards across the high moorland. The summit is two and a half miles north from the nearest point of the road where there may be limited parking space.
NAVIGATION: Paths and tracks carved out of the hillside to both the lochs of Brandy and Wharral help navigation, but the paths become fainter the higher up the hillside. The relatively level summit area is just north of east from the bothy at Loch Wharral.
DANGER: Navigation in mist on the vast plateau area above the glen.