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Name:Castle Hill
Hill number:14059
Height:323m / 1060ft
Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
Classification:Un
Drop:29.9m
Col:293.1m  NT 2933 4029  
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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
2989804/12/2019NT 29166 40068  F: no featurejohnbarnard25
Summit
JB
3024722/12/2019NT 29164 40067  F: no feature
O: surrounded by lots of grassy knolls, others could be as high
P&EH
Summit
GJ
3169216/07/2020NT 29171 40070  F: NR
S: LIDAR 50cm
jimbloomer
Summit
Jim
-2352222/09/2013NT 29169 40070  F: no feature: ground near wallchrisbien
Summit
251522/09/2013NT 29169 40070  F: Flat and clumpy grass near wall.chrisbien
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 15 users)ByDate of Ascent
From roadside verge parking (NT 2882 3921), straight up through trees to meet a good, but disused track which went most of the way up. On to Kirn Law and back.jonglew27/01/2024
As part of day out on MTB at the trail centrekathyh04/04/2022
Took a reasonable path all the way along the wall from Kirn Law. Then descended west through open woodland to the nearby track on the map.Pete R22/02/2020
castle hill and kirn law from the A72 parked on a grass verge near a track entrance, up through trees and track to near the top of CH, followed wall to KL.robertphillips08/02/2020
Started from the main Glentress 7 Stanes car park and followed an old forest track south, then north onto the west side of the hill. Then up through birch wood to the summit. Continued to Kirn Law and Dunslair Heights.LizH22/12/2019
Walk around Glentress Forest, starting from layby on A72 just E of Peebles. Black Knowe (359m), Shiledgreen Kipps, Dunslair Heights, then onto open ridge heading SE (camping overnight) and continuing to Clog Knowe, Black Knowe (522m)steep descent W by forest and on to Kirn Law and Castle Hill, descent to Glentress and final section by road.RobertP10/09/2017
Avoided the expensive car park in Glentress by parking on the A72 at NT288391. Then up through the forest using tracks and cycle routes. Obvious top of Kirn Law at wall corner but no hut in sight (?) On to Castle Hill and direct descent to A72Colin Crawford25/11/2016
From main CP then overgrown track - path to Castle Hill then onto Kirn Law - back along track on W side of Castle Hill.chrisbien22/09/2013
Matt27/02/2022
ridgewalker2330/04/2020
PeterAH22/12/2019
johnbarnard2504/12/2019
amcvey11/10/2016
Moore10025/08/2015
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