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Name:Millstone Rigg
Hill number:7722
Height:489.3m / 1605ft
Parent (Ma):2714  Burnhope Seat
RHB Section:35A: The Northern Pennines
Nuttall/Wainwright area:North Pennines - Eastern Fells
County/UA:Durham
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Tees, Wear
Watershed:Wearmouth, Tees Bay
Class:Unclassified
(Un)
Grid ref:NY 99901 27764
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:24m
Col:465.2m  NY 9995 2876  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 92
(1:25k) OL31E
Survey:Abney level
Comments:Deleted sub 490-499m hill Apr 2022
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 45 users)ByDate of Ascent
Parking for at least 1 car, Walked from road up track before heading across to top, windy and grey, featureless summitmatty1971b16/12/2023
Pleasantly easy amble from Islington Hill on ATV route.Wycombe Wanderer27/08/2022
From Islington Hill, pathless at first but then picked up plastic reinforced shooters track. Sheltered by the lodge before returning.milimana11/05/2022
Millstone Rigg from GR: NY 99086 27487ronaldo33302/10/2021
Walked from road up track before heading across to top. No feature on summit2510chris20/03/2021
Followed the tracks across the moor and along the dge from the NMoorponder21/09/2020
Grey Carrs and Millstone Rigg from Eggleston. Foggy and wetGary Heath20/09/2020
With Sue from cp up NNW on good track to summit Islington Hill, then ridge to Millstone Rigg again on surprisingly good track. Quick break at shooting hut out of very strong wind. Return lower to lower track but bit road walk to get to decent path.Frank05/01/2020
From WSW, good track then easy heather. Mountain Rescue were out training their dogs.RHW30/11/2019
A mainly wet day in the N Pennines. P at bridge (NY992290) - pleasant walk SW then S by swollen streams. Ascent to Millstone Rigg (heavy rain), then on to Islington Hill & Long Man. A mixture of tracks, paths & pathless - quite atmospheric!ger06/03/2019
Parked at W end of track which runs almost to summit. Flat featureless place.John Lee09/12/2017
Parked up at the bottom of the track and ran up, up, up...to a fairly unclear, flat summit.madaddo16/06/2017
With Jo, from B6278 (Sharnbury Gill cp), up track to Islington Hill, then faint track across surprisingly dry Robin Weathers to Millstone Rigg, returning along road. Weather; sunny intervals, windy, good visibility.amblerbob09/09/2016
Walked along from Islington HillBheinn25/03/2016
Parked at start of track to the west, and followed this almost to the summit. Seemed to be many areas nearby as high!Fisky Boy07/05/2015
With Fisky BoyBrenda Cloke07/05/2015
Parked to North, jogged up track with short detour to summit of Islington Hill. Continued on over rough feautureless heather to Millstone Rigg. Track near end. Back similar way using ATV and sheep tracks where possible. 1hr circuit on dry day.nordicstar23/07/2014
From parking area at 996,306; first to Long Man, then south across the moor to Islington Hill and Millstone Rigg. Back along the road - 6 miles, 3.5 hours - good stretch.Crib Goch11/12/2013
From track entrance at NY 99076 27492 (360m) As Aye JimmyDavid Gradwell28/07/2013
Parking space at W end of another horrible gravel track leading onto the hillside, and eventually a shooters' hut. Summit on far side of track before this hut.Aye Jimmy09/06/2013
Easy ascent from W up newish vehicle track. Parking too.jimbloomer18/10/2012
Track from west up and back at a runChris Pearson24/06/2012
Circular run out of Bollihope taking in Monk's Moor, Millstone Rigg, Islington Hill and Long Man. Slightly suspect hits on unclear summits.jhodson12/04/2012
jamiehighton25/09/2023
Matt28/07/2023
Christo197918/10/2020
Alan Caine05/09/2020
mae28/12/2019
Ben Rinnes15/06/2019
GaryJones25/03/2018
Dave Geere16/10/2016
michael06/09/2015
MM18/04/2015
Edwin Gradwell28/07/2013
Rambling Ray16/08/2012
Anton02/08/2012
stevent080911/02/2012
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andrew.allum01/01/2000
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