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| Name: | Birnie Brae |
| Hill number: | 3559 |
| Height: | 508m / 1667ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2302 The Cheviot |
| RHB Section: | 33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne, 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Cheviots |
| Donald area: | The Cheviots |
| County/UA: | Northumberland, Scottish Borders |
| Catchment: | Tweed |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Donald Dewey (Tu,5,Dew,DDew) |
| Grid ref: | NT 87164 20684 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: grass & heather |
| Drop: | 31m |
| Col: | 477m NT879200  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 74 (1:25k) OL16E |
| Observations: | flat summit area |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 216 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| White Law, Black Hag, The Schil, Birnie Brae | keithouk | 03/08/2023 |
| While doing my final section of the Pennine Way. | rhalstead | 23/07/2023 |
| From Sourhope via Fasset, then on to The Schil and others. | NormanW | 12/02/2023 |
| Sourhope to The Schil, Auchope Cairn, Cairn Hill, The Cheviot, Cairn Hill, Score Head and then ridge to return to Cocklawfoot. | benalder284 | 12/02/2023 |
| With L - Round of 6 from Sourhope: Fasset Hill, Birnie Brae, The Schil, Black Hag, The Curr and Blackdean Curr. Mostly great walking on grassy paths and vehicle tracks. Lovely scrambly outcrop on summit of the Schil. | Janet M | 07/08/2022 |
| Very short diversion off Pennine Way. | PGCE | 22/04/2022 |
| With Jo, from Mounthooly. Bridleway to Red Cribs, then along border to Birnie Brae, The Schil and Black Hag. Returned to Mounthooly by bridleway passing treeless wood. Weather; sunny, warm, very good visibility. | amblerbob | 27/06/2021 |
| From Mounthooly, during a stay in a cottage in the College Valley, with parking pass. A round of the border hills on the west side of the upper College Valley - Birnie Bray; The Schil; Black Hag; and an incursion into Scotland for The Curr and Blackdean Curr. Return by the RoW above the Fleehope Burn to Mounthooly. Solo. 16.4km, with 800m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 13/06/2021 |
| Parked at Cocklawfoot and followed tracks and paths to the bottom of Birnie Brae, where an ATV track went up from NT86040 20988. Continued along the ridge to The Schil. | LizH | 09/05/2021 |
| From parking at Hethpool. Long walk up the road (worth taking your bike if you're inclined) to the border ridge > Birnie Brae > The Schil > Black Hag. Returned NE then N towards Trowupburn then E back to the road at Whitehall. | JohnR | 11/04/2021 |
| Sourhope to Whitelaw, Blackdean Curr, The Curr, Black Hag, The Schil, Auchope Cairn, Cairn Hill, The Cheviot, Cairn Hill, Score Head, Kings Seat, Butt Roads, Windy Gyle, Cock Law, The Castles & Sourhope. Mild day with sunny periods becoming overcast. | Vin | 01/09/2020 |
| From Mounthooly. Birnie Brae, Auchope Cairn, Hangingstone Hill, Cairn Hill, Coomb Fell, return via Cheviot then direct via Braydon Crag back to start. With B and R. | jenx | 27/08/2020 |
| A great circular round from Cocklawfoot with the aim of collecting the 3 Deweys along the route. Up the Cock Law ridge to the Border Gate. Then along the PW to Cairn Hill West Top, Cairn Hill, The Cheviot (Skiddaw visible from the summit), Auchope Cairn, Birnie Brae, The Schil (best peak of the day) and Black Hag. Then left PW to follow the ridge SW down to Sourhope visiting The Curr, Blackdean Curr (beware getting on the wrong side of the electric fence for the summit) and White Law. Back along the road to Cocklawfoot. 28km with 1250m ascent in 8h10m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 12/07/2020 |
| Birnie Brae > The Schil > Black Hag from GR: NT 88132 22570 | ronaldo333 | 08/07/2020 |
| Birnie Brae > The Schil > Black Hag from GR: NT 88132 22570 | Hippster | 08/07/2020 |
| Circuit of Border ridge from Sourhope, camping near summit of The Curr. Blackdean Curr, The Curr, Black Hag, The Schil, Birnie Brae, Auchope Cairn, Windy Gyle, Windy Rig. Descent via Kelsocleuch Rig. Best conditions and views while climbing the Schil and near the Cheviot, then the mist came in. Excellent route. | RobertP | 21/12/2019 |
| Fifth Dewey of five two of which are purely Donald Dewey's, on a seventeen mile walk from the free car park in Hethpool. Route out following St Cuthbert's way to reach the Pennine way then The Cure, Blackdean Cure, Black Hag, The Schil, Birnie Brae and returning via the path along side Mounthooly hostel. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 19/11/2019 |
| From Kirk Yetholm on the PW. An elongated circular walk down to here and back primarily to bag The Schil. Took the lower PW path on the outward leg, and the higher path on the return. | jonglew | 11/10/2019 |
| With K en route to Schill | Ashley | 13/08/2019 |
| Start ~ 840276, parking area. Followed PW path summit not marked. Weather cool but later sunny. With Wombourne & Lynnette. | steve hudson | 10/04/2019 |
| Parked at GR 840276 and followed the PW path to Black Hag then on to The Schill and Birnie Brae. With SH and LP. | wombourne | 10/04/2019 |
| Parked in Sourhope and did a circuit of Fasset Hill, Birnie Brae, The Schill, Black Hag (in England), The Curr, Blackdean Curr and White Law. Quite wild with windy showery weather and sometimes limited visibility. 14.1k, 3h 29. Had trouble pressing the button on my GPS due to cold hands which gave navigating an added degree of difficulty. | clivevilla | 07/11/2018 |
| On the Pennine Way | nickywood1 | 01/10/2018 |
| Pennine Way Day 19. Last day of the Pennine Way from Windy Gyle to Kirk Yetholm. with Eric, Geoff and Steve. Visited Windy Gyle, Cairn Hill, The Cheviot, Auchope Cairn, Birnie Brae, The Schil, Black Hag and White Law en route. A total distance of 30km with 1160m ascent in 9 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 22/08/2018 |
| With CP on Pennine Way | garth87 | 14/07/2018 |
| heading back to ky after staying at auchope mrh - spine sst | little al | 29/06/2018 |
| Ascended from Kirk Yetholm to White Law, then along the Pennine Way to The Schil, Auchope Cairn, King's Seat to Windy Gyle, then descended south along Trows Burn | lecube | 18/06/2017 |
| Came off the Schil and headed to Auchope rescue hut. Stopped off to bag Birnie Brae. Not exactly sure where the summit was but using the map and my eye, put it down close to the large fence post on the slight corner. | NorthernWayfarer | 12/03/2017 |
| Ascent with Andrew Whitaker, Julian Brooksbank and Darren Royle on final leg of Pennine Way from Clennell Street (lift in Land Rover from Cocklawfoot Farm B&B) to Kirk Yetholm. Total distance of 15.3 miles with 893m of ascent in 7hrs:19 mins including 1hr:29mins stopped time at an overall average speed of 1.8mph. | pwhitaker_1966 | 30/09/2016 |
| From The Schil on circuit started at Sourhope. Vague high point of tussocks, heather, plus small herd of cows. Returned to Sourhope via Dod Hill and Fasset Hill. | Aye Jimmy | 18/08/2016 |
| parked sourhope 84276 20038 c/w route blackdean curr, the curr, black hag, the schil, birnie brae, auchope cairn, cairn hill west top, cairn hill, the cheviot, mostly on good tracks/paths all day. | robertphillips | 04/07/2016 |
| On Border ridge, heading back to Kirk Yetholm. Thick mist and drizzle | Colin Crawford | 15/03/2016 |
| Solo. Up from Sourhope. | Dangerous Dave | 27/02/2016 |
| From Sourhope over Fasset Hill then on up the good track west of The Schill an up to Black Hag. Bit of snow on The Cheviot and a dusting on the north side of The Schil on ascent. Then on to Birnae Brae and back down Auchope Rig to Sourhope. | SS | 10/02/2016 |
| The Spine Race | dc96 | 14/01/2016 |
| From Sourhope via Dod Hill and onto The Schil with GB. | bolton | 10/12/2015 |
| Parking area just before cattle grid in Sourhope at NT84276 20038 Up track on south side of Kaim Burn & then bulldozed track up Dod Hill Continued alongside fence on ATV track to unmarked summit. Continued to The Schil & Black Hag. (PM) | gerrybowes | 10/12/2015 |
| not much of a hill just a slight rise before tackling The Schil. | steven ruffles | 30/05/2015 |
| Spine Race | Jim T | 17/01/2015 |
| Parked on the minor road north of Burnhead then used the Pennine Way to bag Black Hag, The Schil, Birnie Brae, The Schil again, The Curr and Latchly Hill. | Dugswell2 | 03/09/2014 |
| on pennine way | emily | 29/05/2014 |
| PW | Nick Caunt | 25/09/2013 |
| On walk from Kirk Yetholm to Langleeford. | Crib Goch | 15/08/2013 |
| Exact Date Unknown | Arran28 | 01/05/2013 |
| Sourhope-Blackdean Curr-The Curr-Black Hag- The Schill- Birnie Brae-Sourhope | chrisbien | 26/08/2012 |
| Took the private road to Mounthooley - £10. Then Birnie Brae, The Schil and Black Hag as a round. Good walk. Mainly path. Mainly grassy. Fair bit of easyish bog. | destaylor | 22/06/2012 |
| KeithByTheC | 10/03/2012 | |
| From Sourhope - my final and not particularly spectacular English Dewey. Didn't bother with any champagne on the summit. | Martin R | 01/01/2012 |
| Climbed with David M. Windy. The top looked like it was next to the fence but not sure, it was just one of those summits. | Jhimmy | 28/08/2011 |
| Climbed with friends from Cambridge Uni Hillwalking Club; Mounthooly bunkhouse-Birnie Brae-The Schil-Black Hag-The Curr-White Law-Madam Law-Great Hetha-back up the valley. Pennine Way aids walking! Birnie Brae completely featureless | Mark Jackson | 14/11/2010 |