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| Name: | Bell's Hill |
| Hill number: | 13906 |
| Height: | 406m / 1332ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1816 Allermuir Hill |
| RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
| County/UA: | Midlothian |
| Catchment: | Esk (Musselburgh) |
| Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
| Grid ref: | NT 20517 64346 |
| Summit feature: | stone |
| Drop: | 58m |
| Col: | 348m NT203650  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 66 (1:25k) 344 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 130 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From the mapped Castlelaws parking area (NT 2301 6374). Castlelaw Hill and Harbour Hill first then across to here. Return via Kirkton for a 9.2k round. Final Pentland Hills peak as listed on Hill-bagging. | jonglew | 07/03/2024 |
| From Flotterstone. | hils | 15/12/2023 |
| A to B walk today. From the Flotterstone, up road past Glencourse Reservoir & on to Bells Hill. Down to White Cleugh Burn & picked up the track to Gask Hill. Due W steeply up a track to Black Hill. Down paths via The Howe, over Kirk Road and via Coates Farm into Penicuik. 14km, 650m climb 3:20. Mainly good paths. | Lynnebe | 28/09/2023 |
| From Harlaw | curlebd | 26/08/2023 |
| After school Mission camped on top, lost keys | ryancomet | 26/05/2023 |
| Solo Run from Flotterstone | fellie | 26/03/2023 |
| After inspecting the souterrain and hill fort an anti- clockwise circuit of Castlelaw, Caerketton, Allermuir, Capelaw, Harbour and Bell's Hills on a dry day with generally good visibility. | lordtonult | 23/10/2022 |
| From Harlaw parking. Busy route. Good views . | Adrian | 28/06/2022 |
| from Harlaw reservoir car park | grumpy | 06/06/2022 |
| From Flotterstone car park on round of Turnhouse Hill, Carnetthy Hill, Scald Law, South Black Hill, East Kip, West Kip, Cap Law, Green Law, Hare Hill, Black Hill, Bell’s Hill and Harbour Hill on a fine day with great views. | PeterD | 14/05/2022 |
| Loop of hills from Castlelaw car park | Andrew Simmons | 27/03/2022 |
| 10km in 2 hrs. Loop from Harlaw at dusk. Harbour Hill, Bell's Hill, Black Hill | Nicky C | 26/03/2022 |
| Final of three Pentlands. | JAdair97 | 15/04/2021 |
| After Harbour and back to Balerno. Lovely little walk on a sunny day. | Thearlaichdubh | 11/04/2021 |
| I walked from Harlaw car park to Den's Cleugh and then up Bell's Hill as if approaching from Black Hill as part of Pentland Skyline. | langskill | 22/03/2021 |
| After Harbour Hill and back over Harbour Hill as I couldn't be bothered to do Black Hill. Pleasant grassy mound | Thearlaichdubh | 25/11/2020 |
| If only it had been the beautiful day as in the hill photo! | Hirta | 20/11/2020 |
| Part of Pentland Skyline training run | DavidGMould | 18/08/2020 |
| A well used trod deviates to the summit which is away from the straight col to col watershed line. This trod formed by diligent runners on 16 mile Pentland Skyline Race. Threipmuir Reservoir to the NW has been skilfully designed by James Jardin in 1840s to not only supply water to Edinburgh from its NE side, but there is a connecting open drain / ditch which carries surplus water by gravity alone downhill counterintuitively across the watershed through the flat col to the E to feed Glencorse Reservoir. This must only happen when the reservoir fills up and with the dam being higher than the col the water overspills through to Glencorse. Glencorse was Jardine's first Pentland reservoir masterpiece, requiring a huge earth dam that caused all sorts of problems -and a through the mountain tunnel / pipe to take the water to Edinburgh. All overseen by Thomas Telford. | Chris Pearson | 14/07/2020 |
| From Flotterston along with Harbour Hill | hillsman | 10/06/2019 |
| With Lachlan, Lennox, and Matty | tkunath | 08/04/2019 |
| Pentland Skyline Hill Race | quadbarrel | 14/10/2018 |
| Weather fair. | MountainMac | 10/10/2018 |
| From Black Hill. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 30/07/2018 |
| Walked from Colinton via Capelaw Hill, Harbour Hill, Bell's Hill and Black Hill finishing in Currie. | Chris Mac | 08/07/2018 |
| Last one and time to go back for a sleep | vegibagger | 30/06/2018 |
| On an Allermuir to Black Hill traverse. | Chris Peart | 22/06/2018 |
| Harlaw carpark then walk through open fields to follow path to Glencorse. Just after stile at Maiden’s Cleugh branched off to right up rough path angling up to summit. Off to Black Hill next | Jubilado | 24/05/2018 |
| castlelaw hill, allermuir hill, caerketton hill, capelaw hill, harbour hill, bells hill from castlelaw cp mostly on good tracks/atv tracks. | robertphillips | 20/12/2017 |
| The tamest of sheeps. | summitter | 02/11/2017 |
| Dropped straight down from Turnhouse. Failed to leap the Logan Burn. About 400m S of summit approached by Logan farmer and asked to GOML and return to tracks as he was about to set fire to hill. I said I would be quick and he let me go on. 20 mins later hill was well ablaze. | Thearlaichdubh | 10/04/2017 |
| Pentlands Round from Flotterstone on a fine and sunny day. Turnhouse Hill (North and main summits) - Carnethy Hill - Scald Law - South Black Hill - East and West Kip - Hare Hill - Black Hill - Bell's Hill (main and North summits) - Harbour Hill - Capelaw Hill - Fala Knowe - Castlelaw Hill. | Nick Down1 | 25/03/2017 |
| Solo hill run | HFB | 19/02/2017 |
| Castlelaw, Capelaw, Harbour and Bells from Castlelaw car park. Descended E to Kirk Bridge path, back along road then short climb on path to car park. My final Midlothian tump, on a fine chilly breezy afternoon | RHW | 11/12/2016 |
| Great 10.7 mile walk from Castlelaw car park, walked up good lane then steep path up to Castlelaw Hill, along lanes to Allermuir Hill with a great view of Edinburgh, out-and-back to Caerketton Hill, then along ridge to Capelaw Hill, followed good trails to Harbour Hill then onto Bell's Hill, then one final long pull up onto Black Hill (where weather turned from sunny to rain), then along main lane from summit down to farmland (weather improving), joined surfaced road along Glencorse Reservoir I had previously walked in 2015 after doing Scald Law ridge, then up path not marked on map along rifle range boundary back to Castlelaw car park. | DanTrig | 11/10/2016 |
| Parked at Harlaw - up Black Hill and then Bell's Hill. | pnecelt | 07/09/2016 |
| Ascent from Harlaw in good weather and fine snow conditions. There is higher ground near the cairn. Lots of folk out, but few tracks here. Got some help from icy fatbike tracks. | fasgadh | 17/01/2016 |
| The circular grand tour of the Pentland Hills from Flotterstone. Peaks included: Turnhouse Hill, Carnethy Hill, Scald Law, South Black Hill, East Kip, West Kip, Hare Hill, BlackHill, Bell's Hill, Harbour Hill, Capelaw Hill, Allermuir Hill, Caerketton Hill. 25km with 1600m ascent, taking 8 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 22/08/2015 |
| Number 15 bus from Princes Street to the Ski Centre then up and round 6 x 400m Tumps. | clivevilla | 23/05/2015 |
| From Harlaw, sunny, cold strong wind, dry mild, good views. | iangalbraith | 02/11/2014 |
| Part of Pentland Skyline Hill Race | gandrew | 12/10/2014 |
| From CP at Castlelaw Farm - Castlelaw Hill - Capelaw Hill - Harbour Hill - Bell's Hill - Kirk Bridge - CP | chrisbien | 23/06/2013 |
| 15.4 mile figure-of-8 round trip from Harelaw carpark over 7 P30s. Scorching hot. | agentmancuso | 08/06/2013 |
| En route from Allermuir Hill to Black Hill. | campagvelocet | 01/02/2012 |
| From Castlelaw | Arte Et Labore | 20/02/2011 |
| Part of Skyline Route. From Hillend, over Allermuir Hill, Capelaw Hill, Harbour, Bells, Black and Hare Hills to Harlaw. | Victor | 22/08/2010 |
| Not sure of date, but think 1st ascent was in November early 00s | callumblack | 20/11/2003 |
| Round of Black Hill and Allermuir Hill from Glencorse reservoir. | Eddie | 29/11/1998 |
| unknown date | alunhewinson | blank |
| tsharp | 19/02/2024 |