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N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land(*).
*For information about access rights in Scotland see the ScotWays website.
Please report via the contact page any logs you see below which describe or encourage acts of trespass. Please quote the hill number and hill name.
Logged Descriptions (logged by 80 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
track from Witchie Knowe. | BLACKHILL | 06/11/2023 |
From Bowhill followed Duchess Drive track through the woods to open moorland. Onto Fauldshope Hill, Fastheugh Hill and Newark Hill. | Wayne Mac | 04/11/2023 |
From Witchie Knowe. Tracks helped most of route to Fauldshope Hill and Fastheugh Hill, back to start then short steep climb to Rough Knowe. | RobertP | 17/09/2023 |
Parking half a mile E of Yarrowford at a small, muddy, pull-off (NT418298) and a nasty walk back W half a mile along a road with fast traffic. Entered the estate at NT413299 and, after about 150m, at the first track junction, a bizarre sign about buying tickets which give access to areas outside of Bowhill House. Took the 2nd track on the R up through Black Andrew Wood and onto the open fell. Rough heather for the last 150m to the top | Isbjorn | 19/04/2023 |
Along the tracks from Witchie Knowe. A short heathery climb to Fasthope Hill, then over the summit line fence to cut down to a track leading to the cairn on Faustheugh Hill. A short walk to the summit, where the larger of the two stones looks like an old and much weathered boundary stone. | Nick Down1 | 08/10/2022 |
From the forest track start in Black Andrew Wood at NT 41524 29573. Took the Duchess's Drive route through the spruce forest up onto the open moor, then all the way to the closest spot to the HP. A short heather bash brought me to this - marked by a single stone. Then took grassy track down to Fastheugh and back through Black Andrew Wood to the car. Solo. 9.8km, with 390m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 14/11/2021 |
With L | Janet M | 09/05/2021 |
Parked at Witchie Knowe. Along the tracks to Fauldshope Hill and Fastheugh Hill (visited cairn and summit). | PGCE | 17/03/2021 |
Black Andrew Wood parking area, 200m S. of the Yarrowford entrance at NT 4133 2976 - From W. end of parking area, path up through trees to join Duchess's Drive - Up Duchess's Drive to 393278 & then a short walk up over tussock & heather to summit. To descend, headed heather to Coplaw Cairn, over fence & down alongside fence for about 200m before picking up an ATV track; this rejoins Duchess's Drive by gate at 399281. | gerrybowes | 02/10/2020 |
From Broadmeadows, parked at entrance to village opposite North Lodge, though should have driven through the gates where 100m along there is parking for 5 or so cars. Up the track onto Dutchess’s Drive. Nearing the summit a new track (not mapped) splits off left and goes closer to the cairn. Short heather walk to top. | N.Morters | 19/03/2020 |
Parking for about half a dozen cars within the estate at NT 4132 2977. Good track almost all the way, bit of rough heather for final 100m or so. | jonglew | 22/01/2020 |
Parked at the Bowhill estate and country park (£3.50), then followed the yellow markers of the Duchess's Drive circular walk. Slight detour to the summit, with just a short distance over longer heather from the cairn to the highest point. Pleasant circular walk. | LizH | 07/07/2019 |
From Yarrowford through the Bowhill estate turning west through Black Andrew Wood ascending to join the Duchess's Drive. Up Newark Hill then Fastheugh hill. Views across to the Three Brethren. Descended to the track to Bowhill over rolling moorland and then forest. Followed the Cross Borders Drove Road southeast and crossed the Ettrick Water at Gillkeeket, then a sharp up and down to Howden farm. Continued on track then across fields east towards The Haining and the Borders Abbey Way to Selkirk. 18.5km 11.5miles, 550m 1800ft ascent | palmersathome | 10/03/2019 |
From Yarrowford (there is a small car park just inside the estate) to Duchess Drive which was followed round apart from the diversion to Fastheugh Hill and Coplaw Cairn. Bowhill due to open again at Easter. | SS | 02/03/2019 |
Duchess Drive from Bowhill | alanm9 | 12/12/2018 |
Bike hike from Ettrickbridge. walked from witchie knowe as the tracks arent that great. skylark central, i had music all the way...(: | hils | 18/06/2018 |
From Yarrow church, along road and estate road, then down to Fastheugh and A708. Very easy except for last little bit to top. | Alan Moore | 28/11/2017 |
Bike along the tarmac drive and up Duchess's Drive to the top of the wood. Legged the rest - being a legger rather than a cyclist. Visited both the big cairn and the proper, two stones, 85m N. | Eddie | 30/08/2017 |
Great circular walk with good track along Duchess's Drive. Excellent views. | KareenR | 07/09/2016 |
fastheugh hill and fauldshope hill on good tracks from hp on road at witchie knowe. | robertphillips | 05/06/2016 |
Circular from Black Andrew Wood parking, via Duchess's Drive. Cold winds and snow flurries. | neimcv | 14/03/2013 |
Easy ascent along Duchess Drive from Bowhill. Cold but sunny, excellent views to snow covered Cheviot. | agentmancuso | 05/04/2012 |
Parked near North Lodge but there is parking 100m further up the estate road. Followed track(s) to top. | chrisbien | 22/08/2010 |
Bagged from Yarrow Ford - encouraged by very friendly "walkers welcome " signs from the local estate (Duke of Buccleugh) 
Big cairn and some electronic stuff on the top. | maknipe | 09/11/2007 |
fine heathery hill, despite small summit mast; fine view. from forest tk 403294: good tk to summit | RHW | 15/02/2003 |
IainT | 29/08/2023 | |
Graham Banks | 14/01/2023 | |
Fletch | 01/12/2022 | |
interloper | 01/12/2022 | |
AFD90 | 18/07/2022 | |
Lucky | 15/06/2022 | |
Matt | 18/03/2022 | |
Lindsay M | 09/05/2021 | |
Berkscire874 | 27/03/2021 | |
Graham Banks | 05/12/2020 | |
MuckleG | 18/09/2020 | |
Graham Banks | 18/01/2020 | |
Crumblie2 | 01/01/2020 | |
softsquare | 01/01/2020 | |
PeterAH | 07/07/2019 | |
Dave Geere | 22/02/2019 | |
Tom Mundell | 06/01/2019 | |
sarah mundell | 06/01/2019 | |
Trekking toes | 06/01/2019 | |
Adrian | 05/11/2018 | |
AndyS | 27/12/2017 | |
tomandivy | 13/07/2017 | |
silverhow | 23/06/2017 | |
daviemore | 07/08/2016 | |
irobbo | 21/04/2016 |