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Name:Muckle Samuel's Crags
Hill number:15974
Height:338m / 1109ft
Section:33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne
Classification:Tu,3
Drop:32m
Col:306m  NY 6798 7888  
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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
1240828/02/2016NY 69455 79959  F: Rough flattish ground with large tussocks, a couple of which have very mossy tree stumps underneath. Reading taken on smaller of two.Aye Jimmy
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3Jim
1308103/04/2016NY 68355 78862  F: Outcrop between small quarries.
O: Muckle Samuel's Crags, scrambly summit looks as high as the 337, with its 335 spot poss relating to a lower summit ~50m to NW
RHW
Summit
CC
1308203/04/2016NY 69461 79965  F: Tussock
O: The 337m spot
RHW
Subpoint
3Jim
1308303/04/2016NY 69076 79935  F: Tree stump in young spruce
O: The smaller 330co, doesn't seem to rise much above its contour and taken to be lower
RHW
Subpoint
2GG
1308403/04/2016NY 68360 78867  F: Outcrop between 2 small quarries
O: Muckle Samuel's Crags summit revisit on way back, now reads 7m higher! Looking back to the 337m, the latter is lower than the background hills. In that direction there's nothing higher for quite a distance. This summit appears at least as high as the 337.
RHW
Summit
CC
2678430/03/2019NY 69457 79960  F: Tussocks
O: I question the 337m spot height at this point. My GPS typically reads 6-8m high, and over the period of my 20 minutes bait-stop the readings were in the range 336-338m. Also this is a flattish top and 7m prominence above the 330m contour looks unlikely.
Crib Goch
Subpoint
3Jim
2678530/03/2019NY 68356 78861  F: Rocky outcrop - highest point on Muckle Samuel's Crags
O: Subpoint 1.I visited on the way to Coom Rigg and on my return - readings were 345m and 342m, both much higher than the consistent 336-338m I got on Coom Rigg 337m spot height. My GPS tends to overstate typically 6-8m.Old maps on NLS show 1108ft=337.7m.
Crib Goch
Summit
CC
3409422/01/2021NY 68354 78863  F: outcrop
S: 1m LIDAR
jimbloomer
Summit
Jim
3409522/01/2021NY 69439 79962  F: NR
O: This is Coom Rigg
S: 1m LIDAR
jimbloomer
Subpoint
1Jim



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Took this Crag in on route back from the nightmare of Black Knowe.smocks and denims07/03/2024
On my bike, after the horror of Black Knowe. Easy enough crag but I made the best scrambly ascent which I could find. Then a blissful downhill ride to Churnsike LodgeColin Crawford09/01/2024
10:45am, -4 degrees (max 0 later), mostly sunny. Pretended I was an ice road trucker on the drive to Chirnsike Lodge. Left the car a couple of kms from the lodge as I wasn't sure I'd get back up a short, steep section on a bend. Summit view improved by sun and snow.Wycombe Wanderer17/01/2023
Cycled in from Churnsike lodge.Andrew Simmons14/05/2022
Room for a car at Churnsike Lodge to SSE. Easy forest roads to quarry SSE of top. Then a long, energy sapping trudge across a km+ of thick heather and grass, first to corner of forest, then followed forest edge then > Black Knowe. On the plus side, it hasn't been ploughed for forestry and dry underfoot despite a wet month. Peat hags S of TP so stick to forest edge to avoid them. Returned to forest roads and continued E to Chirdon Hope, then S > Muckle Samuel's Crags. Continued along forest roads to Churnsike Lodge.JohnR30/05/2021
Forest roads via Churnsike Lodge and Whitehill from lay-by [661,766] before River Irthing bridge.RobB02/01/2021
From Whitehill. Gate was open but walked from there anyway. After returning to the car drove past it on the way to Kielder Water on forest roads, save doing the long way round, so wasted my time in doing the walk.... doh! Nice little crag though, no scramble required.jonglew02/11/2019
Feint path round N then W side crags - no climbing involvedcarole engel28/07/2019
As moorsman parking at the end of the tarmac road at Churnsike. The RoW on the OS map at Little Samuel's Crags is very difficult to spot - it is not waymarked, and the path, such as it is, actually heads more or less directly for the summit, leaving the forest road at 6868,7982. I had the company of 140 motorcyclists competing for The Kielder 500 Navigation Rally, a two day event covering 280 miles of forest roads. A bit noisy but a friendly bunch - most gave me a wave as they passed - a few stopped to chat. As others have mentioned the craggy top of Muckle Samuel's Crags seems higher than the 337m spot height on Coom Rigg itself.Crib Goch30/03/2019
Easy parking by the bridge at the end of the public road to Churnsike (alt 272m). Fast, easy walk along forestry roads. Summit obvious on left.moorsman12/05/2018
With Jo, from parking area by bridge near Churnsike Lodge. Track to Little Samuel's Crags, with detour to Muckle Samuel's Crags (higher than CR according to my GPS), then path direct to summit. Weather; cloudy, some light rain, mild, good visibility.amblerbob18/09/2017
Used a trail blazed by off-road bikers (bless 'em) to return to the forest road. Much easier than tussock-city and only ten minutes walkmaknipe25/08/2017
With RHW groupAdrian03/04/2016
From SW, end of yellow road although could apparently have driven 2km on good unpaved road to park at Whitehill just before barrier. Tussocky summit via beeline across easy open ground. Muckle Samuel's Crag visited en route, scrambly summit looks as high with 335 spot poss relating to lower point 50m to NW. My final English 300m summit - thanks to Steve Dave Rick Doug Smudge and Adrian for company.RHW03/04/2016
Parked before bridge before Churnsike Lodge before using track to reach and bag Muckle Samuel' s Crag before finding a sort of track to bag the summit currently on HB for RHW' s final English 3 with Adrian, Dave, Rick, Steve, Smudge and Rob.Dugswell203/04/2016
Rob W's final English 300m top, walk in from parking before Churnsike Lodge, possible to drive past this to gate at Whitehill.nordicstar03/04/2016
Muckle Samuel's Crag may be higher: mapped 335m spot is not at the HP & I obtained higher GPS readings here than at Coom Rigg. For the named summit itself, a rough trail departs from the forest road where ftpth is indicated, but rather than heading NNE it makes more of a beeline towards the HP. Both tops provide good viewpoints for the surrounding terrain.Smudge03/04/2016
Continued driving along forest roads from Greenside, a bit nervy because padlocks hanging from gates and might get locked in. Never saw anyone. Visited Muckle Dodd first, looked quite prominent with felling. Correct track ended at clearing onto very tussocky summit area. Some of the largest mossy tussocks had tree stumps underneath.Aye Jimmy28/02/2016
Hoped to drive in from NE but all securely locked up in advance of a car rally special stage.RHW30/11/2014
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Lucky25/08/2017
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