Logged Visits:

7th Jun 2021  13:32  by JRoche2018

Gridref: NR 91733 49851   FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

iProbably the best condition pillar I've logged... Fairly fresh looking coat of whitewash, centre plug and spider bracket still intact. Stunning views all round including towards Skye. Short steep, tough ascent up though as near pathless.

28th Mar 2020  00:00  by Hannahrichi3

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

19th Aug 2018  13:23  by We TRye hard

Gridref: NR 91729 49847   FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Altitude 231m. Cracking views and quite an easy climb up here.

©We TRye hard

6th May 2018  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NR 91734 49842   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

21st Nov 2017  11:25  by vegibagger

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

too late a start after leisurely breakfast, non resident, at Catacol Bay Hotel and then going to the TuMP summit to the SE

17th Nov 2017  09:41  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked near the Catacol hotel and headed up the coastal path until about the 3rd telegraph pole and then bit the bullet and headed up the hill. Tough going for me but got there in the end, love to see these all painted and shining in the sun. Hats off to Arran trigman for keeping these all spic and span.

Catacol selfie ©thejackrustles
Catacol - one of the views ©thejackrustles
Catacol collage

21st Apr 2017  18:01  by greenbell

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

The first of the beautifully looked after and painted Arran trigs. First Scottish island I visited 16 years ago - great to be back - staying in one of the beautiful Apostles. Grabbed this one in an evening walk fresh off the Calmac.

25th May 2016  18:12  by plet56

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

2nd May 2016  14:00  by monkeydestructor

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Followed a steep muddy track up from Colliemore then headed off across the bog and heather. A tough climb and spotted our first Arran Adder!

Catacol ©monkeydestructor

12th Apr 2016  20:19  by GeoTracer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

2nd May 2015  20:16  by coinea

Gridref: NR 91734 49840   FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

I'm sure it is lovely on a good day, but cold and wet when I was there!

2nd May 2015  20:08  by clochandighter

Gridref: NR 91734 49842   FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

HISTORY: Pillar completed 22nd March 1956 cost not on record. Computed as tertiary triangulation station NS04/T23 during 1956. Levelled for height also in 1956. Last maintained by the OS in June 2001. SITE VISIT: Parked by west side of road (C147, formerly A841) at Catacol. Through gate just south of first house and 50m east along track to style. Once the initial bog is negotiated a direct ascent can be taken straight to the summit. Random depths of heather enroute. Cnoc Leacainn Duibhe. White painted pillar in good condition. Spider retains original plug with deen indented letters. Flush bracket faces SSW, ~206°. Vented through sight hole on FB face. Full 360° panoramic view largely lost to heavy rain and low cloud at time of visit.

S8718 - Catacol pillar & GRP
S8718 - Catacol pillar & FB

18th Apr 2015  11:35  by gerryu2

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked beside houses on road then hoofed it up steep hillside and scree until it levelled out a bit. Then upwards to trig. Saw a couple of Red Deer close to trig. More amazing views. Hoaching with ticks up here.

Trig
Trig

1st Aug 2014  15:35  by geodruth

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked at Catacol and took path up from just south of the village. Once at highest point of path walked due east up the hill. A beautifully sunny day so the steep climb/descent was fine but can imagine it'll be hard work when wet/slippery.

12th May 2013  14:02  by jonglew

Gridref: NR 91731 49849   FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Picked up this trig on way back to the car at the end of our Beinn Bhreac walk. Another very wet day, rain didn't let up all day, not so much wind though. Parked at Fairhaven and walked the length of Gleann Diomhan to Beinn Bhreac. Towards the end of the higher level return we diverted at around the 300m contour line to head towards Cnoc Leacainn Duibhe for the Catacol trig. The descent to the road at Catacol hamlet was quite steep and slippery over heather clad moorland and particularly slippery over large sections where the heather had been burned off. We had some limited views at this level, but cloud down on the hill most of the day. Pillar had a fairly good coat of white paint; original cap in place.

Pillar TP2046©jonglew
Spider TP2046©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP2046©jonglew

30th Aug 2012  18:28  by g4wsb

Gridref: NR 91733 49841   FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb

14th Oct 2011  16:54  by Arran Trigman

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

There are 17 pillar trig points on Arran. To get to this trig you are best to park your car near the catacol Bay Hotel then go to the right of houses and follow track for short distance then climb over style, there is a good path at the begining but you will eventually have to make your own route up a steep climb. Great views at the top.

©Arran Trigman
©Arran Trigman

8th Oct 2011  15:30  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

The day started out early following the coast path from Sannox to Lochranza. After booking in at the youth hostel I then followed the main road as far as Catacol, then took the gated track and stile up onto the hillside. There was a faint deer trail for part of the way, but the rest was then through heather to the top. By this point rain was driving hard at my back from seaward and all I noted of the trig pillar was the cap being in place and the interesting combination of numbers in the flush bracket. I didn’t even manage to secure a picture before retreating back down to Lochranza. I took a more direct line this time, aiming directly at the ferry that was just coming in, and soon joined up with the Postman’s Path down by the power lines. All that was left was just a short walk along the road back to the hostel, splashing through puddles to try and clean myself up a bit. Quite a miserable afternoon on the whole for a trig that could have delivered so much more.

8th Jul 2010  14:44  by Skerryvore

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Not an obvious way up to this one, but great views from the summit up Glen Catacol, even on not such a good day. My favourite Arran trig (although I only did 5).

Trigpoint at Catacol looking south-south-east ©Skerryvore
Trigpoint, Catacol, looking south-south-east Looking up Glen Catacol©Skerryvore
Trigpoint, Catacol, looking south-west ©Skerryvore

8th Jun 2010  12:30  by ocean soul

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked at Catacol Bay then followed Glen Catacol path then fence to sheepfold , up Am Bearradh and thence upwards to pillar in horrible wet weather so limited views...

3rd Apr 2010  15:15  by peregrinus

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Shallow cracks. Metal cap, deep letters. From SW, Catacol, wide tyrack then stile leads onto hill. Quickly abandoned boggy path and headed straight up dead-bracken slopes then W ridge to summit. Slithered up and down in 20 mins, intent on catching the end of Goldfinger on R4 !

FB
Top
Trig looking N
Trig looking S
Minor cracking

24th May 2009  17:35  by BILLY COO

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

CATACOL FLUSH BRACKET ©BILLY COO
CATACOL TRIGPOINT ©BILLY COO

20th Jul 2007  14:20  by Theo D Lite

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

These Arran trigs are hard won (apart from Bennan). As the Postman path from Catacol leaves the powerlines,there is a faint path up until heather is reached. Keep going up. A good view up the glen and over to the main land. The Postman path from Lochranza is heaving with ticks!

10th Feb 2007  13:32  by Jango & Boba Fett

Gridref: NR 91729 49847   FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Blustery day but great views to the north up Loch Fyne and across to Kintyre. Pillar is in good condition with some patches of white still visible. Three of the drain holes are sealed with concrete and one with a wodden plug. The brass spider is present.

Trigpoint

15th Aug 1963  13:00  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

FB Number: S8718  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

The first trig I can remember visiting. Sometime in August 1963 - a month long family holiday staying at No.5 The Row (The Apostles). We had an expedition up the hill at the back - there's an 8mm cine film of this somewhere. Climbed many more times in the 60s - sometimes to watch the sunset over Kintyre. Scores 10 for great memories.