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The Dungeon Hills
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The picture below is a view from the Rig of the Jarkness back down towards the start of the route at the car park by Loch Trool (right middle ground). The Buchan Burn is quite visible running down through the valley on the right. Also, the path up into the valley of the Buchan Burn from Loch Trool is visible to the right of the burn and higher up the hill. This is the route taken onto the Rig of the Jarkness. The Buchan Burn is crossed near the bottom right of the picture to gain the point where this picture was taken from. The Hills in the background are the Minnigaff Hills.
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Buchan Burn and the Minnigaff Hills from Buchan Hill
Loch Valley with the Rig of the Jarkness on the left and Buchan Ridge beyond the loch. Loch Valley with the Merrick in the distance.
The picture above is taken at the start of the climb up from Loch Valley to Craignaw and overlooks the loch with the Rig of the Jarkness on the left and the Buchan Hill Ridge beyond. This shot was taken just before the previous shot looking along Loch Valley towards Benyellary and the Merrick.
Loch Neldricken from the ascent of Craignaw. The monument on Craignaw to a crashed F1-11.
We are now much further up towards Craignaw and the loch (on the right) we are looking down on is Loch Neldricken, although Loch Valley is still visible, left of centre. The end of our route will be along the top of the ridge which you can see beyond the loch - Buchan Ridge - which we noticed in the picture above this one, and which we also use onto Merrick in another walk. We are now nearly at the summit of Craignaw - again looking towards the Merrick. The cairn that Mark is looking at is a monument to the crew of an f1-11 who died in a crash here. There are many crash sites in these hills, though few with such a spectacular view.
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