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| Name: | Trostan |
| Hill number: | 20240 |
| Height: | 550m / 1804ft |
| RHB Section: | 43C: Antrim Mountains |
| County/UA: | Causeway Coast and Glens |
| County (CoH): | Antrim (CoH) |
| Hill area: | Antrim Hills |
| Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Historic County Top, Arderin (Ma,Hu,5,CoH,A,P500) |
| Grid ref: | D 17958 23595 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 510m |
| Col: | 40m J154618  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 09 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| Comments: | formerly the administrative county top for Moyle |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 60 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Route from Kieron Gribbon’s book Ireland’s county high points a three and half mile walk taking an hour and quarter from the minor road linking Newtown-Crommelin and Cushendun where the ulster way finger posts will take you to within a short walk of the summit. Returned the same way. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 22/09/2021 |
| From layby at D 157 238. Head east along a very boggy waymarked track (Ulster/Moyle way).The track comes to a stile over a fence at D 17566 23140. Leave the track and follow the fence to the left. This fence does a right turn and comes to a 2nd stile, cross over this and straight ahead to the summit. It is a bit of a miserable slog up, but the views from the top across to Scotland are fantastic and make it all worthwhile. | Derek_Snaith | 03/08/2020 |
| From layby to west at start of waymarked path. Trostan and Slievenanee. | rhalstead | 07/05/2018 |
| 2nd NI County Top with my son. Glad he wasn't put off by the mist and drizzle. It did clear for just long enough to give him the great views of Tievebullagh and Cushendall as we descended. | Wandering Willy | 05/08/2017 |
| 4 mile out-and-back walk from B14, followed Moyle Way up through the forest, well waymarked but very indistinct paths through wet and mossy forest breaks up onto the moors, the Moyle Way being non-existent when higher but followed waymarkers across bogs to stile in fence, left footpath and followed fence up onto moonscape summit and trig, great views across most of Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and into the mountains of Scotland, overcast high cloud. Drove round to bag Slemish later that day. | DanTrig | 26/06/2017 |
| Parked Ballyemon Road 189215. Walked through forest, emerging further south west than intended. Very misty, top not visible. North past edge of forest to summit. Back as the crow flies, plunging into thick silent forest over incredible moss fields. Just over 4 miles. | callumorr | 26/05/2017 |
| From layby at D157237, east along Ulster/Moyle way, diverting to summit. The 'way' is very wet - drier once higher ground is reached | kdbennett | 27/12/2016 |
| Cairn, knoll, trig. | tallscottishguy | 22/06/2016 |
| Saturday 29th August 2015. Very tough as we slogged through the bog. Up and down and all around and we could not avoid the peat hags. Really unrelenting but a county top nonetheless. | Audi-Anne | 29/08/2015 |
| KeithByTheC | 15/09/2014 | |
| Heavy going in parts on indistinct paths | bolton | 09/09/2013 |
| Essathohan Bridge in Glenariff Forest Park - Dungonnell Way for about 500m & then through forest to col between Trostan & Slievenanee - Up SW ridge to summit of Trostan - Down SW ridge & then picked up Moyle Way following Essathohan Burn through forest back to car. Should have gone up and down the Moyle Way - It starts from the east side of the bridge NOT the west side. (PM) | gerrybowes | 09/09/2013 |
| I made the summit of Trostan by detouring off the Ulster way. I made hard work of this one as the access point for the summit with a stile over the fence was on the side and i took a more southerly approach and had to climb over more fences. Very barren looking but fortunately not too muddy as other people have found but then I was so lucky as had scorching weather all week!! | Dazingdale | 10/07/2013 |
| A right boggy carry on through waterlogged trees and out onto fellside. Decent walk but better to be had on Causeway coast | nickywood1 | 09/05/2009 |
| 2 in party, cold + snow flurries, 5miles, from essathohan bridge & the moyle way to trostan and slievenanee and back via again bridge and forest tracks | rum doodle | 07/01/2006 |
| stony peaty summit, unexciting view. via Moyle Way from SE, boggy thru forest | RHW | 07/05/2005 |
| Walk up Glen Ariff. Good views to Antrim coast. Next day saw 'total' eclipse of the Sun 11/08/99 from Giant's Causeway, visible through mist; memorable but sun not totally covered from there. | Aye Jimmy | 10/08/1999 |
| fa, solo, rain and mist, 10.5 miles, cushendun, side roads and lane to tievebulliagh in the rain, from the summit across bog to trostan in the rain and mist, compass work to the moyle way, parker forest to glenarrif and the waterfall pub for a pint then onto waterfoot. | rum doodle | 13/07/1996 |
| Start near entrance of Glenariff Forest Park. Follow the Moyle Way to Trostan. Top is a short climb of the high point off the Moyle Way. | Harry Goodman | 13/07/1991 |
| Childhood climb with my father - summit a short detour from Moyle Way | paddyirish | blank |
| Drumsesk | 08/07/2023 | |
| TheBoltons | 29/05/2023 | |
| paulp | 08/05/2023 | |
| Sprog | 31/05/2022 | |
| Liz_N | 03/08/2020 | |
| sglennon | 03/09/2018 | |
| Nomad Perkins | 30/03/2018 | |
| Onzy | 10/11/2017 | |
| IainT | 14/08/2017 | |
| David-Guenot | 13/05/2017 | |
| GI0AZA | 04/09/2016 | |
| Frogreen | 08/06/2016 | |
| Stonecold | 24/01/2016 | |
| Nick Down1 | 19/09/2015 | |
| Biffin | 25/07/2015 | |
| Fergalh | 05/05/2014 | |
| davefh | 11/07/2013 | |
| mae | 19/04/2012 | |
| peter.stone | 17/04/2011 | |
| neilsan | 25/03/2011 | |
| Anton | 28/10/2010 | |
| leixlip_pa | 25/10/2010 | |
| jimbloomer2 | 23/06/2010 | |
| Kiltie | 23/06/2010 | |
| Colin Crawford | 30/09/2009 | |
| Martin R | 28/08/2008 | |
| dementedskunk | 22/08/2008 | |
| jimbloomer | 02/08/2008 | |
| m1eyp | 28/03/2008 | |
| Connor Reid | 22/03/2008 |