TP5725 - Ronas Hill

Grid reference :	HU 30529 83486
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Damaged
Flush Bracket Number :	S5494
Current use :	none
Station Number :	PP462
Historic use :	Primary
Waypoint :	TP5725
County :	Shetland
Nearest town :

Nearby trigpoints, placenames  There are 25 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 296th with 6 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 7.64/10 (from 14 logged visits) Was First logged: 14th Jun 1998 Was Last logged: 8th Jun 2013 Of the 14 logged visits, 6 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 4861m The average error was 834m The closest was 2m	[Zoom In/Out] [Hide Labels] [Hide Caches]
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Selection of photos for this Pillar. ©edfielden ©edfielden ©edfielden ©edfielden ©edfielden See 20 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

8th Jun 2013  14:10  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Metal cap, small raised letters. Top slightly damaged. Built of local granite, inside shelter cairn. Wet and windy day but last of trip and my final Shetland trig pillar. Burial chamber is impressive, and a handy place to shelter while writing log! 65m SE of trig.

2nd Jun 2013  13:30  by Chalky

FB Number: S5494  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Stone-built , some missing from top. Spider centre cap with raised lettering. Previously visited this highest Shetland hill 22/06/07 & 21/08/01 no trig details noted.

26th May 2013  10:30  by dugswell2

FB Number: S5494  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 6/10

A misty spot this morning with Tricky Speirs.

27th Sep 2012  13:51  by edfielden

Gridref: HU 30531 83484   FB Number: S5494  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 9/10

I parked at the masts on Collafirth Hill and set out walking at about 12:30 to the north of Roga Field and Mid Field to avoid too much of an ascent before Ronas Hill itself. The landscape - if ignoring the greenery - could easily be Martian! Red stones and boulders abound - and are very handy for crossing the odd wet patch. Although I had started in bright sun, as I reached the top the cloud level dropped and I was unable to see very much for a few minutes. The pillar is stone-built from local red stone; FB faces ENE; WSW sighthole open, all others appear plugged; metal cap with unusual-looking thick raised letters. I signed the guest book and ate a sausage roll from my supplies before the cloud lifted and I could admire the view of almost the entire Shetland archipelago - all the way from Muckle Flugga (29 miles) and Saxa Vord in the north-east, round to Foula (35 miles) in the south-west, to Fair Isle (69 miles) and Fitful Head (43 miles) in the south. This is a good place to collect Intersected Stations too: Esha Ness Lighthouse (TP9643), Ungam Beacon (TP8865), North Unst Lighthouse (TP9642) and the replacement for Ness of Sound Lighthouse (TP9647) are all visible from here, and others may well be too. Very impressive indeed and well worth the 2.2 mile walk. However after spending about 35 minutes at the top I carried on further to see if I could find the Valla Kames bolt (TP10485).

S5494 - Pillar Looking W ©edfielden
S5494 - Top Showing some loss of mortar ©edfielden
S5494 - Top Close-up showing unusual raised letters ©edfielden
S5494 - Flush bracket ©edfielden
S5494 - Trig pose! Looking SSW ©edfielden
View of Fair Isle Looking S ©edfielden
View of Papa Stour and Foula Looking SW ©edfielden
View of Ramna Stacks, Gruney, Fethaland Looking NNE ©edfielden
View NE Looking over Yell to Muckle Flugga (TP9642), Hermaness and Saxa Vord ©edfielden
View SSE>S Bresay and Brae to SSE, Fitful Head to S ©edfielden

21st Jun 2012  00:37  by B.bird

FB Number: S5494  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 10/10

Arrived 3 minutes to midnight. A local man told me he took the chance to hike here tonight as it could be the last time he manages it due to arthritis. He pointed out and named all the far off lights, he also said this was the best mid summer for about 20+ years. A story that I was to hear numerous times over the following weeks. I signed the visitor book, took some photos then carried on over the hill to the cairn at Abram's Ward then back around the hill to Collafirth hill where my bike was parked. No torch was needed until I was taking a compass bearing at the cairn to get me back around the hill to the masts. What a way to spend Mid Summer WOW

Mid Summer 2012

20th Dec 2011  12:27  by martine41

Gridref: HU 30529 83489   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 9/10

Very cold, very windy, only top of trig pillar visible above drifted snow so no condition or confirmation of flush bracket nor book in metal box available, see photos, but amazing weather features as sun, just one day from its winter zenith, shone through curtains of hail showers. A special day and well worth the effort.

reason why there was no flush bracket confirmation
Not a usual position to check trig point details.
View from the trig point to the south

31st May 2011  11:21  by g4wsb

Gridref: HU 30539 88347   FB Number: S5494  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 9/10

Walk from mast dry day no around about 50 minutes walk sign book in metal box,very stoney under foot

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cement top©g4wsb

24th Jun 2009  18:05  by Bambography

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

In the cloud by the time we reached this but a successful tick in the Shetland County High box!

15th Jul 2006  16:00  by dmwhite

Gridref: HU 30523 83472   FB Number: S5494  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Walked round Mid Field from Collafirth Hill to the boulder strewn slopes of Ronas Hill Steady climb to the summit. Windy conditions and warm, but haze restricted the stunning views from Shetlands highest Marilyn. despite car park being full only saw one group.

Looking North
Looking East
Looking South
Looking West

19th Jun 2005  12:00  by jack68331

FB Number: S5494  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

drove up to the radio masts, then an easy walk (in mist) looking for alpines in the gravel

1st Jun 2005  11:30  by Phil Clayton

FB Number: S5494  Condition: Damaged  Score: 10/10

Stone pillar with some missing from top otherwise OK. Spider & plug intact. Walk over Mid Field from top of road to Collafirth Hill. Stunning views from highest point on Shetland.

1st Aug 2004  12:52  by Bridgeman

Gridref: HU 30500 83400   FB Number: S5494  Condition: Damaged  Score: 3/10

Park at Collafirth Hill HU335835. An easy moorland walk of about an hour to the top of Ronas Hill.Could be difficult to find in hill fog as there are few features.

Ronas Hill trig point
Ronas Hill trig point flush bracket ©Bridgeman
Ronas Hill View north from trig point
Ronas Hill View south from trig point

11th Aug 2003  12:58  by arranc

Gridref: HU 30500 83500   FB Number: S5494  Condition: Damaged  Score: 10/10

14th Jun 1998  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 8/10

Fine broad stony summit, highest point on Shetland by a long way. No trig details noted.