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Crichton’s Cairn and the Campsies

Crichton's Cairn and the Campsies

START from Glazert Country House Hotel. Cross Main Street and walk up Bencloich Road.

  1. Nearing top of road, just after Bencloich Crescent on L, cross to R and descend narrow steps leading into field. Walk across field keeping fence on your R.
  2. At ruined house cross wall by going through gate. Continue heading E. Cross back through wall by going through next gate (beside big sycamore tree). Ahead you will see the double hedges. In winter you can walk through the middle of them but in summer they become overgrown so keep them on your R. Cross wooden stile at end of hedges. Continue SO and over another stile leading out of fields into a wood with rhododendron bushes growing alongside path.
  3. Reach vehicle track and TL. Follow this track as it winds up hill.
  4. Take L branch of track just before a block of tall conifer trees is reached. Continue uphill through fields on grass track, towards narrow waterfall tumbling down cliffs straight ahead of you. Go through three gates before emerging onto open hillside. Continue SO towards green metal box and waterfall.
  5. Veer R, following main path uphill. (Look back W and, if light is right, raised mound of an Iron Age hill fort, Meikle Reive, is apparent.) Follow path as it becomes indistinct and there are side shoots off it. Continue climbing uphill heading NE at first, then path takes a wide sweep round and up to head NW. Continue uphill on diminishing path until you come to wide metal gate in fence that runs along length of hill. Cross gate and walk up faint path, straight ahead at first then in NE direction until prominent cairn is reached.
  6. At this point you can head out NNE to the trig point at Cort-ma Law (1,742 feet/531 m). Otherwise head NNW following faint path to junction with wider path.
  7. TL here and follow meandering, undulating route W along tops of Campsie Fells with fabulous views over Lennoxtown and W along valley to Strathblane. On a clear day look SW to islands of Arran and Ailsa Craig
  8. Pass by a few cairns, including Crichton’s Cairn. Continue along path as it descends to Crow Road car park.
  9. Cross car park, through gate onto path that shortly bends L and down to Clachan of Campsie.
  10. Head SO down minor road to main road (or walk through Schoenstatt – see Clachan of Campsie walk). Cross road and TR to end of first cottage. TL and at end of short access road L onto footpath. Follow path around back of cottage and alongside burn until path forks.
  11. Take L fork. This is the Strathkelvin Railway path. Follow it back through Lennoxtown to junction with Chestnut Walk, where TL to finish walk at hotel.

 

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