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Name:West Cairn Hill
Hill number:1810
Height:562m / 1844ft
Parent (Ma):1809  East Cairn Hill
RHB Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
County/UA:West Lothian, Scottish Borders
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Forth, Tweed
Watershed:Firth of Forth, Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Tweedmouth
Class:Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Current County/UA Top, Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,5,DDew,CoU,Y)
Grid ref:NT 10734 58398
Summit feature:cairn by trig point
Drop:133m
Col:429m  NT118589  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 65 72
(1:25k) 344
Comments:Formerly on Marilyn list
GPS data:show GPS entries for this hill
Notes:
  • West Lothian current county/UA top

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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 216 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
kanderson31/12/2023
stevent080902/10/2023
Berkscire87430/09/2023
From Baddinsgill along the Thief's Road, on to Mealowtheragentmancuso11/05/2023
RickyP06/05/2023
West Linton to Kirknewton Station via Thieves Road with Peter F2Z. Dull day with low-ish cloud, easy underfoot and straightforward navigation but nonetheless enjoyable. Lunch at this top. 101 bus from Edinburgh, train on the return enabled a good quality linear walk.JOHNS27/02/2023
A Peckish19/01/2023
beckybags19/01/2023
Lynnebe15/01/2023
oscar01/11/2022
Parked at Baddinsgill. Followed Thieves Road across open moorland. After approx 3.5kms at NT118178 there is a waymaker post with an ATV track heading left uphill, not shown on OS map. This continues all the way to the summit. Followed path down wall and back up East Cairn Hill. At path junction went left to visit the shelter, then along ridge to summit (4 rocks was possibly once a cairn). Followed path which becomes an ATV track along fence doglegging off to Dodd summits, over Wether Law, The Mount, Grain Heads Mount Maw. Continued down ridge over Faw Mount on an ATV track to meet Thieves Road then the road. 10.3 miles our 5.5hrs.JulieB30/10/2022
From Harperigg reservoir car park. Path round side of reservoir much less boggy than usual. Upwards to Cauldstane slap, then up path to summitHirta19/08/2022
AlanD18/08/2022
kathyh02/05/2022
With E. Parked at Baddinsgill. Followed Cross Borders Drove Road/Thieves Road across open moorland. After approx 3.5kms at NT1184157926 there is a waymaker post with a path heading left uphill, not shown on OS map. This continues to a stone wall and uphill to the summit trig point. We then followed wall back down to Cauldstane Slap and uphill to East Cairn Hill following fence which turns SE to summit marked with a small cairn. Returned to huge stone cairn with extensive views to Firth of Forth, Ochils and Trossachs and beyond. Descended East Cairn Hill to Cauldstane Slap and back along Drove Road.Beeliner28/04/2022
10.3 mile circular from Baddinsgill. Followed path near farm to Baddinsgill House then climbed straight up the side of Faw Mount on ATV tracks ascending fairly easily onto Mount Maw, grassy ATV tracks took us over featureless Grain Heads to The Mount's unmarked summit. From here we descended easily to Deer Hope col and up sheep tracks to Wether Law's unmarked summit having to climb a barbed wire fence on the way. From here it is pathless heather to the fence climbing up trail onto East Cairn Hill, the summit being quite boggy. We descended to Cauldstane Slap then followed the trail up to West Cairn Hill. From here we followed ridge for a bit further followed by a pathless heather bash down by non-existent grouse butts to pick up track, we followed this over grassy Muckle Knock and descended track, then Thieves Road back to Baddinsgill. 740m ascent overall. Sunny but hazy so views were restricted. Saw 2 other people. Afterwards we drove back into Edinburgh and bagged Dunsapie.DanTrig23/03/2022
Snowy day. Parked at the Pentlands Regional Car Park along the paved road and then left up through the woods. Snow made the ascent tougher.JAdair9719/02/2022
With Janice on a clear cold winters day.Play2End05/01/2022
Circuit from Baddinsgill.thekirkie pirate20/12/2021
West and East Cairn from car park on a beautiful sunny day. Great views from top.Ramblingpaul18/07/2021
6 of 6: From East Cairn Hill. With Karen.ChrisR14/06/2021
Had originally planned a walk including Scald Law, but was too slow out of bed and Thriepmuir car park was full. So drove to Little Vantage instead and climbed West and East Cairn Hills. Not as wet underfoot as on 15 October 2020, but this still a very wet part of the Pentlands.langskill03/04/2021
benalder5002/04/2021
grumpy17/03/2021
MKInnes28/12/2020
MuckleG22/10/2020
AndyS22/07/2020
Stavanger Toestub25/06/2020
From Baddinsgill Fm, parked right at end of the public road. Mount Maw, The Mount, Grain Heads, Wether Law, East Cairn, West Cairn, Muckle Knock, Byrehope Mount, King Seat.curlebd21/03/2020
Crumblie210/01/2020
tomandivy10/09/2019
Run with Iain.iangpark27/08/2019
hill walker19/08/2019
EasternHiker22/04/2019
Anti clockwise loop from golf club taking in Mount Maw, The Mount, Wether Law, East Cairn Hill, West Cairn Hill, Craigengar (tough going) and Byrehope Mount. Glorious day.SS19/04/2019
Parked on grass verge 30m S. of cattle grid at 126546. The 3rd of 7 Donald Deweys on a clockwise circuit of Baddingsgill Reservoir, staring with Byrehope Mount & finishing on Mount Maw. From Craigengar, NNE down faint path/track to gas pipeline marker post & then tough going over tussock & heather to fence junction at 096563 - Path/ATV track up alongside fence to summit cairn by trig point. Continued to East Cairn Hill. (S)gerrybowes14/02/2019
thenomad12/02/2019
Ben Rinnes12/11/2018
From Baddinsgill Fm, parked right at end of the public road. Byrehope - Muckle Knock - West Cairn - East Cairn - Wether - The Mount - GraonHeads - Mount Maw. Nice 17k horseshoe walk on surprisingly good ground, lots of quad tracks and human/animal trods.jonglew28/10/2018
NickF14/10/2018
From East Cairn Hill along Cauldstane Slap, then back to Little Vantage. Solo.Dangerous Dave31/07/2018
Fife Walking01/07/2018
Parked at Baddinsgill.Campbell Singer15/06/2018
From Baddinsgill with C and then on to East Cairn Hill.PeterD23/05/2018
Parked at end of public road atBaddinsgill thanks to young man moving tractor. On to the road past reservoir, up Thieves’ Road then branched left (west) on to track to summit. Rather warm for this time of year but cool and windy on top. Final West Lothian Tump!Jubilado19/04/2018
En route From Kirknewton railway station to West Linton. Unconsolidated snow meant very slow progress over the Cauldstane Slap and on the hill itself resulting in a missed bus back to Edinburgh. Bright clear day with fine views to the north.benalder28420/01/2018
From Baddinsgill. West Cairn Hill, East Cairn Hill, Wether Law, The Mount, Grain Heads, Mount Maw & back to Baddinsgill. 1/8 cloud, lt airs, vg vis, -9C, frozen ground. With PM.CJM10/12/2017
Parked up at Baddinsgill farm with CM. Glorious, sunny weather but very cold and icy. Up Thieves road northwards to 118580 and then a decent track to the summit. NE to East Cairn.bolton10/12/2017
From Baddingsgill. With East Cairn Hill. Cloudy, overcast.Roblex04/12/2017
From West Linton golfclub doing a anti-clockwise circuit of the fells starting with Mount Maw and ending on Mendick Hill. Surprisingly few paths.Alan Moore29/11/2017