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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 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 45 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parking for at least 1 car, Walked from road up track before heading across to top, windy and grey, featureless summit | matty1971b | 16/12/2023 |
Pleasantly easy amble from Islington Hill on ATV route. | Wycombe Wanderer | 27/08/2022 |
From Islington Hill, pathless at first but then picked up plastic reinforced shooters track. Sheltered by the lodge before returning. | milimana | 11/05/2022 |
Millstone Rigg from GR: NY 99086 27487 | ronaldo333 | 02/10/2021 |
Walked from road up track before heading across to top. 
No feature on summit | 2510chris | 20/03/2021 |
Followed the tracks across the moor and along the dge from the N | Moorponder | 21/09/2020 |
Grey Carrs and Millstone Rigg from Eggleston. Foggy and wet | Gary Heath | 20/09/2020 |
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. | Frank | 05/01/2020 |
From WSW, good track then easy heather. Mountain Rescue were out training their dogs. | RHW | 30/11/2019 |
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! | ger | 06/03/2019 |
Parked at W end of track which runs almost to summit. Flat featureless place. | John Lee | 09/12/2017 |
Parked up at the bottom of the track and ran up, up, up...to a fairly unclear, flat summit. | madaddo | 16/06/2017 |
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. | amblerbob | 09/09/2016 |
Walked along from Islington Hill | Bheinn | 25/03/2016 |
Parked at start of track to the west, and followed this almost to the summit. Seemed to be many areas nearby as high! | Fisky Boy | 07/05/2015 |
With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 07/05/2015 |
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. | nordicstar | 23/07/2014 |
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 Goch | 11/12/2013 |
From track entrance at NY 99076 27492 (360m) As Aye Jimmy | David Gradwell | 28/07/2013 |
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 Jimmy | 09/06/2013 |
Easy ascent from W up newish vehicle track. Parking too. | jimbloomer | 18/10/2012 |
Track from west up and back at a run | Chris Pearson | 24/06/2012 |
Circular run out of Bollihope taking in Monk's Moor, Millstone Rigg, Islington Hill and Long Man. Slightly suspect hits on unclear summits. | jhodson | 12/04/2012 |
jamiehighton | 25/09/2023 | |
Matt | 28/07/2023 | |
Christo1979 | 18/10/2020 | |
Alan Caine | 05/09/2020 | |
mae | 28/12/2019 | |
Ben Rinnes | 15/06/2019 | |
GaryJones | 25/03/2018 | |
Dave Geere | 16/10/2016 | |
michael | 06/09/2015 | |
MM | 18/04/2015 | |
Edwin Gradwell | 28/07/2013 | |
Rambling Ray | 16/08/2012 | |
Anton | 02/08/2012 | |
stevent0809 | 11/02/2012 | |
peebs | 14/04/2008 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
moorsman | 09/09/1999 | |
Laurel | 21/01/1996 | |
Rowan | 21/01/1996 | |
maknipe | 25/05/1987 | |
iain15000 | blank | |
Nobblynuts | blank |