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Name: | Ward of Scousburgh |
Hill number: | 1533 |
Height: | 263m / 863ft |
RHB Section: | 22: Shetland Islands |
County/UA: | Shetland Islands |
Island: | Shetland Mainland |
Watershed: | Shetland |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman (Ma,Hu,Tu,2,Y) |
Grid ref: | HU 38794 18790 |
Summit feature: | no feature; ground 5m E of trig point |
Drop: | 170m |
Col: | 92.9m HU 3962 2529 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 4 (1:25k) 466S |
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 153 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Drove up | Stickman | 01/07/2023 |
Walked up road from public road. | Winterfloodian | 30/05/2023 |
Drove up. 20 yard slog to trig point LOL | Crib Goch | 21/05/2023 |
Drove up from road to north, good tarmac, then short walk to trig and top. In the cloud. | PeterD | 14/05/2023 |
Drove up from NW side in thick fog | SpudGunn | 30/06/2022 |
Following overnight boat from Aberdeen. Cloudy but clear enough for views from top. Up via the road access parked on main road. | N.Morters | 22/04/2022 |
Grey skies. Rain. Hoolie. No views. Not sure if you were supposed to ….. remains of ww 2 all removed. Telecomms mast now (?) | VerySlowPlodder | 17/07/2021 |
From the parking spot on the A970 next to the track, walked up road to the summit. Easy bag worth the walk up rather than driving it. 2 miles ~ 40mins round trip. Onto Royl Field | JulieB | 20/06/2021 |
Walked up drivable track from A970. | KeithByTheC | 20/06/2021 |
Beautiful pink winter dusk to watch the world going to bed (having just flown back in from Aberdeen). The roads on the Ward of Scousburgh are all private roads, the public use them only because no-one has prevented them. The full public road that heads NE from Scousburgh ends at the Vanlop. Everything thereafter was formerly the old peat road which the RAF took over and upgraded in the early 60's to be access to the Mossy Hill station. Since that was demolished the road has just been there. It was not officially handed back to the Peat Road Committee from whom it was obtained. The road up from E is not public - built in WWII to access the military installations on the Ward of Scousburgh, it ended at the top of the hill. BT took it over when they built the THRS station in the 70's, upgraded it and built the section down the W side to connect to the Mossy Hill station access road, for a choice of routes in times of snow. Since BT vacated the THRS station the road is just there. | Chris Pearson | 24/02/2021 |
MC JC O. Walked up from main road. Yes, you can drive up, but don't! You'll miss beautiful evolving views. | Martin66 | 06/09/2020 |
19.20 hideous, clagged in. Howling gale... Need to return on a lovely day. Trig with no cap no. 10461 | vegibagger | 26/06/2019 |
P off A970 to ENE - walked on the tarmac. Mist/rain - no views. | ger | 09/06/2019 |
Walk from main road with Reg. | DRS | 09/06/2019 |
Third rally stage of the morning. | Chris Peart | 08/06/2019 |
Cloud base ever so slightly just above us and there was a strong freshening northern wind. | Alex C | 08/06/2019 |
Drove up from the A road. Metalled road in not brilliant condition but navigable in 2wd car. | jonglew | 18/08/2018 |
Second Marilyn of the day, and slightly less easy than Fitful Head, given that you need to walk a little bit further from the car to get to the top. Having said that, the drive up the hill (from the A970) is much easier, on a wider tarmac road with crash barriers. You can make it a bit more of a walk by walking a little way along the road to the gate to avoid the BWF. | Gill | 18/08/2018 |
Cheeky lazy one. Drove up then quickly wakes through gate to trig. With trimarc2, PJB & GFE | Fionalevey | 03/08/2018 |
Drive up. With PB, FE, and GE. Great viewpoint. | trimarc2 | 03/08/2018 |
Drive up | r1 | 03/08/2018 |
Lerwick bus to A970/B9122 junction - Bigton - St Ninian Isle circumnavigation - Cloddisdale - Scousburgh radio mast trig - A970 bus | richard69 | 23/07/2018 |
1st day of continuous walk of The Shetland Mainland watershed | Neil Fraser | 26/06/2018 |
Drove up then quick dash to trig area on a wet and wild day Summer Solstice. | NormanW | 21/06/2018 |
Drove up. | PGCE | 03/05/2018 |
frequent wintry showers. must be good views on a good day! good road from SW or E sides. | gettingonabit | 03/04/2018 |
Solo | dentalchimp | 25/06/2017 |
Drove up from main road,and came down the western side. | Coinneach | 23/05/2017 |
Drove most of the way but did a little walking from the public road. Locals drive right to the top. | mindlessflogger | 19/08/2016 |
An easy bag on a nice day after a pint at the Spiggie. | jenx | 06/06/2016 |
A second ascent after another fine visit to the Spiggy Inn down below. Just as drivable and still grotty architecture on the top- with Jenx and Supervans. | nordicstar | 06/06/2016 |
otis | Glenford | 22/10/2014 |
Drove up, warm and sunny. | iangalbraith | 23/08/2014 |
Drove to the top. Lovely views down to St Ninians Isle. | AndrewFinnimore | 09/08/2014 |
Walked up the main road from the east: not a strenuous walk so didn't feel I could justify driving up. | benalder284 | 01/04/2014 |
Parked on road at 380201 (entrance to Geosetter) (10:40). S along road then up fields, across a minor road finally to the trig point next to the masts (11:20). Back by same route to car (11:50). Dry day, good view to St Ninian's Isle. | dbb | 04/09/2013 |
After arriving at Sumburgh Airport. With a friend. Our first objective was Ward of Scousburgh. The map used showed a track going to the summit from the A970 as well as another coming from the west. We expected to walk up the track from the A970. However, we found the track tarred with no barriers so we drove up the track. On the summit are two large masts. The track ends between them. Ascent time to summit 1 minute! The highest point is just next to the trig point. It was very foggy so we had no views at all. | pwbellarby | 26/08/2013 |
A drive up after a visit to St Ninian's Isle. | fasgadh | 01/07/2013 |
Drove up, with Messrs Tibbetts and Rayner | RHW | 02/06/2013 |
Pleasant after dinner drive. | summitsup | 01/06/2013 |
Another grey top. Trigpoint in area with one of the masts. | Buteobuteo | 30/05/2013 |
Drive on public road to high point, then walked rest on track. Mess of aerials and abandoned buildings and fences. Not Shetlands best! W Jenx, Doug, Tricky. | nordicstar | 28/05/2013 |
Drove part of the way up then walked the rest with Jen and Rick then met Alison Fox plus Jonathan Foote. | Dugswell2 | 27/05/2013 |
Drive-up from A970, nice to see Fair Isle and Foula for the first time. | Topographer57 | 24/05/2013 |
drove to top - 20metre walk | Thearlaichdubh | 09/05/2013 |
Drizzle! | bolton | 10/08/2012 |
From the A970 there is a signpost that says THRS and you can drive within 50 metres of the summit. Indeed, you can sleep in a motorhome there, after watching the sun set over Foula. Shame about the masts and the occasional motorhome spoiling the scenery. | Martin R | 07/05/2012 |
Cycled up from main road. Folk use this track to get over to west coast, seemingly! | Eddie | 19/08/2011 |
2 or 3 times a month. Walk to it from my home. | Danny Mc Neill | 04/04/2009 |
40 mile return bike ride from Lerwick to this hill.Weather awful, but good views from summit. Trig No. 10461 | hjaltland | 11/11/2008 |