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Name: | Great Knock |
Hill number: | 1864 |
Height: | 691.6m / 2269ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1830 Broad Law |
Parent (SMC): | 1830 Broad Law |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
Donald area: | Manor Hills |
County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
Catchment: | Tweed |
Class: | Deleted Donald Top (xDT) |
Grid ref: | NT 13915 25600 |
Summit feature: | cairn |
Drop: | 19.6m |
Col: | 672m NT 1401 2526 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 72 (1:25k) 336 |
Survey: | Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 54 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Brown Knowe along the tram tracks to the summit. | JAdair97 | 26/06/2023 |
From Hearthstane. (Parking on A701 right at junction). Track to start, then cut across country following 700m contour to Brown Knowe, then quad track to Great Knock. From there headed straight up quad track to Broad Law. Returned by track to Hearthstane. | Robertgee | 19/05/2023 |
A nice easy walk along the ridge from Browne Knowe. Descended steeply east and crossed Polmood Burn. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 25/03/2022 |
From Megget Stone cattle grid (NT 1507 2030). Up to Talla Cleuch Head and Mathieside Cairn first then doubling back and up to Broad Law and Brown Knowe to continue along the ridge to here. Picked up Wylies Hill on way back. Nice 10.6 mile round in wintery conditions. | jonglew | 11/02/2022 |
From Hearthstanes. Forest track then stream line and steep up to top. Deep snow made progress slow. With B and R. | jenx | 06/05/2021 |
Track then quad bike path all the way up from Hearthstane. | alda | 06/07/2019 |
Broad Law, Brown Knowe and Great Knock. Up the track to Broad Law from Heartstane then easily across the other two before steeply down to rejoin the path back to Hearthstane. | clivevilla | 09/10/2016 |
A big ambitious running bagging day with Darren on snow covered hills. quickly down form Broad Law to Great Knock over Brown Knowe then down and up to Hunt Law. Trying to sweep up any top over 600m and Birkside Law was just too far off route to add to an already big day with an uncertain outcome against darkness. | Chris Pearson | 12/04/2013 |
Dropped down frum Hunt Law and made way past bird trap to log (trap) over Polmood Burn to climb steeply up to top of Great Knock. | derekblackburn | 19/03/2011 |
From Hearthstane. Solid water ice on forest track needed crampons for a bit, cut back sharp left bend over Glenheurie Rig & up. Wind & snow. | agentmancuso | 10/01/2009 |
Partly sunny, cold wind, good views. | iangalbraith | 21/09/2008 |
Donald round: Talla Cleuch Head to Clockmore. | Eddie | 16/04/1992 |
Crawford Lindsay | 18/01/2024 | |
wintergreen | 18/01/2024 | |
kiltedbiggles | 27/04/2023 | |
stevent0809 | 21/08/2022 | |
AlanD | 17/08/2022 | |
Blair282 | 11/07/2021 | |
Wycombe Wanderer | 24/06/2021 | |
JFT_96 | 23/04/2021 | |
andrew brown | 15/09/2020 | |
interloper | 25/03/2019 | |
FCL | 25/07/2017 | |
mae | 23/06/2016 | |
silverhow | 23/07/2015 | |
Norrie Muir | 07/02/2015 | |
BaggerGutt | 19/07/2013 | |
Dave Geere | 06/05/2013 | |
Anton | 30/07/2011 | |
vuirich | 10/11/2010 | |
irobbo | 09/08/2010 | |
hill walker | 26/07/2010 | |
BrianFish | 23/07/2010 | |
PeteN | 23/04/2010 | |
fasgadh | 29/07/2007 | |
Ken_Stewart | 14/06/2003 | |
kanderson | 06/06/2002 | |
tomandivy | 17/05/2002 | |
chalky1953 | 12/08/2000 | |
maknipe | 02/05/1999 | |
Sherlock | 22/03/1997 | |
Alaric | 27/07/1996 | |
Colin Crawford | 11/10/1995 | |
john steel | 14/05/1995 | |
Gallovidian | 26/02/1995 | |
paz1953 | 03/01/1993 | |
David Purchase | 07/05/1991 | |
sclater | 07/04/1991 | |
Trailmaister | 01/05/1990 | |
Kiltie | 08/02/1987 |