Hill Fort Trail, Castle O'er
1 mile (1.6 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NY 244 928. Finish: NY 244 928. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 0.8 miles of the 1 mile its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 51 m of climbing and 51 m of descent; highest point 256 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1627
- Distance
- 1 mile (1.6 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 51 m. Highest point 256 m
Getting there
- Car park
- Castle O'er car park, 160 m from the start. Directions NY 246 928
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Allangillfoot, 2.4 km away (Directions).
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 43 m in a kilometre (1 in 23), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Walked it? Log it
Walks nearby
- SC 1612Iron Age Trail, Bessie's Hill1.3 miles. Starts 1.7 miles away
- SC 1547Craigieburn Trail2.8 miles. Starts 11.1 miles away
- SC 1581Aithouse Burn Trail, Craik Forest1.8 miles, circular. Starts 11.3 miles away
- SC 120Sir Walter Scott WayLong-distance route, 92 miles, one way. Starts 12.6 miles away
- UK 035Annandale WayNational trail, 56 miles, one way. Starts 14.4 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryandland.gov.scot on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry and Land Scotland, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry and Land Scotland).
- Facts: forestryandland.gov.scot
Something wrong or missing?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.