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The white trig point on the summit of Dumyat, the Forth winding away east across the flat carse below.
Stirling

Dumyat

The craggy hill at the west end of the Ochils, 418 metres high, with a trig point, a stone-filled beacon and a memorial to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on top.

Welcome

Dumyat is the little craggy hill at the west end of the Ochils, and for such a short climb it gives you a superb view.

It's only 418 metres high, but from the top the whole Forth Valley lies at your feet, with the Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle below you and the view running east towards Edinburgh and the Pentlands. The gentler way up starts from the Pendreich car park on the Sheriffmuir Road above the University of Stirling, about 7 km there and back on a clear path, muddy in places after rain and rocky in one or two stretches. On the summit there's a trig point, a beacon filled with stones and a memorial to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, first placed here in 1966 and renewed in 2015, in sight of the regiment's headquarters at Stirling Castle. New native woodland is growing on the lower slopes. Allow two to two and a half hours, and go early or late on a fine day, as the car park fills quickly.

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The walk

The usual way up is the signed path from the Pendreich car park on the Sheriffmuir Road above the University of Stirling, a steady climb through birchwoods and over open hillside to the summit, then back the same way.

A steeper, shorter path climbs from Blairlogie on the other side.

Distance
About 7 km, or four and a quarter miles, there and back.
Climb
About 290 metres.
Time
Two to two and a half hours.
Start
Forestry and Land Scotland's Pendreich car park on the Sheriffmuir Road, FK9 4LS.
Ground
A clear hill path, muddy in places after rain and rocky in one or two stretches.
Map
OS Explorer 366.
Before you go

Open hillside, free to walk at any time; never park in the passing places.

Getting there
By car to the Pendreich car park on the Sheriffmuir Road, FK9 4LS; there is also a car park at Blairlogie.
Parking
Free, and it fills quickly on a fine day, so go early or late.
Dogs
Welcome; on a short lead or close at heel near farm animals and in the nesting season, April to July.
Weather
Take a layer and good shoes; in snow and ice it needs winter gear.
Nearby
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum, the regiment's own, inside Stirling Castle.

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Where it is

On the Ochils above Blairlogie and Menstrie, about four miles north-east of Stirling.

Close byBlairlogie, the University and Stirling.
  1. Blairmains Farm ShopBlairmains Farm ShopA family farm shop and coffee bothy at Blairlogie, at the foot of the Ochils, opened on the old dairy farm in 2001.Under a mile 3 min by road
  2. Wallace Monument tower rising above snow-covered trees and hills near StirlingWallace MonumentThe tall Victorian tower on the Abbey Craig above Stirling, with the Wallace Sword inside and a view from the Crown after 246 steps.2 miles 5 min by road
  3. The coffee house's glass front and benches.Legends at the MonumentThe coffee house and gift shop at the foot of the Abbey Craig, below the National Wallace Monument, run by a local charity.2 miles 5 min by road
  4. Airthrey Castle above a lawn at the University of Stirling, walkers passing in the sun.University of StirlingThe university campus on the Airthrey estate below the Ochils, with a loch, woodland walks and a Robert Adam castle.2 miles 7 min by road
  5. The Fotheringham Gallery's blue shopfront and flowers in Bridge of Allan.The Fotheringham GalleryA gallery of contemporary Scottish painting and jewellery in Bridge of Allan, showing a long list of artists since 1997.4 miles 10 min by road
  6. Cambuskenneth AbbeyCambuskenneth AbbeyThe ruined abbey by the Forth below Stirling, with a bell tower of the 1200s and the grave of James III.4 miles 8 min by road
  7. Stirling CastleStirling CastleThe great royal castle on its crag above Stirling, where Mary, Queen of Scots was crowned, with the Great Hall and the Royal Palace.4 miles 11 min by road
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