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| Name: | South Hill |
| Hill number: | 17893 |
| Height: | 42m / 138ft |
| Parent (Ma): | none |
| RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
| County/UA: | Isles of Scilly |
| Island: | Samson |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m), SIB (Tu,0,SIB) |
| Grid ref: | SV 87888 12372 |
| Summit feature: | rock tor |
| Drop: | 42m |
| Col: | Sea |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 203 (1:25k) 101 |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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.
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 41 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Walked the plank onto Samson, avoided the Tump, bagged the SIB, then off to Bar point. Not the Bar I was hoping for, so walked out to Stony Island and back. | tim747 | 05/07/2023 |
| A slow easy amble on good path from South Hill. 1.5 hrs later I'm back again on a gentle jog round the 2 hill loop. | Minto | 06/07/2022 |
| Islands trip on the Kestrel, skippered by Adam. Organised by Alan Holmes (5/5 star trip!). White Island, Round Island, St Helen's, North Wethel, Samson & Gweal. With 12 incl. Pm, DC & MR. | CJM | 05/07/2022 |
| Alan's trip to IOS 2022, excellent day. | DRS | 05/07/2022 |
| Lovely rock tor summit ridge. | Dangerous Dave | 05/07/2022 |
| Nice rocky ridge with bolt at northern end | cjo | 05/07/2022 |
| Really beautiful island, landing on beach to east, with Adam on Kestrel | Thearlaichdubh | 04/07/2022 |
| Landed on the beach to the East by boat Kestrel. Climbed both hills on the island with my wife and others. | NormanW | 04/07/2022 |
| A very pleasant and archaeologically / botanically interesting walk from the beach southeast of North Hill. | Jon F | 04/07/2022 |
| continued from North Hill across spit and up past ruined houses/ walls to outcropping boulder, shared with gulls | Denise | 19/07/2016 |
| Good path along the centre of Samson to the rocky South Hill. Pass deer park wall and stone shells of houses. Lots of lichens. | RichardM | 19/07/2016 |
| A fine multi hill day cruising with the Kestrel and good bagging folk. Easy landing on beach to East, both summits. | nordicstar | 05/07/2016 |
| Revisit of both Samson tops with Alex | Adrian\'s jacket | 05/07/2016 |
| Landed in cove at N end the path round coast and to summits. Rock tor summit with OS trig bolt 58m N of hp. | RHW | 04/07/2016 |
| On a boat trip to Annet, Gweal, North and South Hill on Samson, then Round Island before revisits to St Helens and Tresco. | Dugswell2 | 04/07/2016 |
| With Jon Metcalf | Adrian\'s jacket | 04/07/2016 |
| With Kestrel 'A' crew through the failed C19th deer park. | Smudge | 04/07/2016 |
| Walked from North Hill on well-defined track through mature gorse/heather/fern, past ruins of old dwelling places and over dilapidated deer wall. Nice contrasting summit from North Hill. ***Re-visited 5 Jul 2022. Boat charter with the Kestrel. Landed at N end of Samson, good tracks through the bracken to N top, then on to here. | jonglew | 18/09/2014 |
| Very approximate date, with the family | Richard Lawrenc | 01/08/1984 |
| Kingsley to Sampson. From North Hill. Through heavy ferns and brambles. | arranc | 15/07/1967 |
| Jill Robertson | 05/07/2023 | |
| bolton | 05/07/2022 | |
| chrisbien | 05/07/2022 | |
| Martin R | 05/07/2022 | |
| Adrian | 05/07/2022 | |
| richtea5040 | 04/07/2022 | |
| interloper | 04/07/2022 | |
| Fletch | 04/07/2022 | |
| chalky1953 | 05/07/2016 | |
| jimbloomer | 05/07/2016 | |
| assynt_bob | 05/07/2016 | |
| LighthouseSarah | 05/07/2016 | |
| Alex C | 05/07/2016 | |
| jenx | 05/07/2016 | |
| mae | 05/07/2016 | |
| SteveG | 04/07/2016 | |
| Sherlock | 04/07/2016 | |
| AndyS | 22/07/2012 | |
| Alan Whatley | 05/10/1983 | |
| kanderson | 01/01/1970 | |
| AndrewFinnimore | blank |