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Name: | Hillshaw Head |
Hill number: | 1888 |
Height: | 652m / 2139ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1870 Gathersnow Hill |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
Donald area: | Culter Hills and Tinto |
County/UA: | South Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Clyde, Tweed |
Watershed: | Tweedmouth, Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Firth of Clyde, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
Class: | Simm, Donald, Graham Top (Tu,Sim,D,GT,DN) |
Grid ref: | NT 04839 24596 |
Summit feature: | small cairn 10m from E side of fence |
Drop: | 54m |
Col: | 598m NT051253 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 72 (1:25k) 336 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 304 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Gathersnow ridge from Polmood | hummusg | 10/02/2024 |
kanderson | 01/01/2024 | |
Gary Heath | 11/11/2023 | |
sarahk | 05/11/2023 | |
Circular from Culter Allers Farm: Chapelgill Fell, Culter Fell, Gathersnow Hill, Hillhead and Huddlestone. 5.5hrs. | jigglybones | 14/10/2023 |
anguscow | 12/10/2023 | |
SunnyAdventures2 | 02/10/2023 | |
Tonester | 23/08/2023 | |
Started off at Kingtedores Farm and took the track to Hopehead. Very steep climb up to Coomb Hill and then pretty easy going to Gathersnow Hill, Hillshaw Head and Coomb Dod. 
Decided to come back via the upper route: Glenwhappen Dod, White Knowe Head, Glenmuck Height, Upper Oliver Dod and Nether Oliver Dod which was a bit of a tussocky trudge. | tsharp | 18/08/2023 |
IMacd45 | 17/08/2023 | |
gavinmcc | 13/08/2023 | |
From Whitecamp Brae, along the forestry road and follow the fence just below the summit. | JAdair97 | 27/05/2023 |
Berkscire874 | 21/05/2023 | |
From Kingledores. Coomb Hill, Gathersnow, Hillshaw and Coomb Dod. | Longwojo | 20/05/2023 |
ScottyBoy76 | 05/02/2023 | |
jgregor | 13/11/2022 | |
From Coomb Dod. With Alan & Kathy. My final Donald!! | Dangerous Dave | 29/10/2022 |
AlanD | 29/10/2022 | |
Parked on A701 at entrance to Kingledores Farm, I cycled up the valley, until the windfarm track on the right. I walked up this track to the first turbine, where I cut off west and contoured across the south slope of Broomy Law, they picked up a faint path along the fenceline to Coomb Hill, then onto Gathersnow Hill and Hillshaw Head. Stopped for lunch on wind turbine base, then followed the windfarm track to Coomb Dod. From here I dropped down to the sheepfold in the valley and walked back east along the valley back to the bike, then cycled back to the car. Dry all day, with clouds blowing through, 05:25hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 28/08/2022 |
Jim B | 16/08/2022 | |
MTB - Pinnacle [Midge Hill] - Yearngill Head - Broad Hill - Black Dod - Great Hill - Whitecamp Brae - Scotts Dod - Coomb Dod - Hillshaw Head - Hudderstone - The Seat | PeteF | 12/08/2022 |
Wycombe Wanderer | 09/08/2022 | |
Delyoung | 10/05/2022 | |
stevent0809 | 29/04/2022 | |
Second Donald of four along this ridge | Colin Crawford | 21/03/2022 |
Livi2020 | 06/03/2022 | |
fedupofuserids | 17/02/2022 | |
From Kingledores, parking on what looked like part of the old road (NT 1090 2810), through the farm and up to Glenlood Hill, Broomy Law, Coomb Hill and Gathersnow Hill first then on to here. Continued along the ridge to Coomb Dod, Glenwhappen Dod, Upper Oliver Dod and Nether Oliver Dod for a pleasant 20k horseshoe round. | jonglew | 20/01/2022 |
penultimate hill on a poor day for views, following the fence was easy. | colinfielding | 23/11/2021 |
Parking at Kringledores S gateway (NT109280) FP (non-existant) to col at NT093292) pathless SW along ridge to Cocklie Rig Head, Glenlood Head, Broomy Law, Coomb Hill, then ATV along fence to Gathersnow Hill, Hillshaw Head, Coomb Dod, ENE down ridge, ATV then Track along valley floor back to Kringledores | Isbjorn | 14/11/2021 |
Fi | 23/10/2021 | |
scoob | 23/10/2021 | |
Approach to Hillshaw Head and Coomb Dod via glen track from Kingledores. | RobB | 16/09/2021 |
ThickIce | 13/09/2021 | |
DRC walk from Culter Allers Farm: Culter Fell, Moss Law, Gathersnow Hill, Hillshaw Head, Coomb Dod and Hudderstone. Easy going throughout. | TRG318 | 28/08/2021 |
Robin56 | 11/07/2021 | |
Graham Banks | 02/07/2021 | |
govanah | 30/06/2021 | |
Tricky | 26/06/2021 | |
Parked on old road Kingledores. Cocklie Rig Head, Glenrood Hill, Broomy Law, Coomb Hill, Gathersnow Hill, Hillshaw Head, Coomb Dod. 
Return via valley track. With PM. | CJM | 23/06/2021 |
From Gathersnow Hill and number 6 for the day with CM. Headed to Coomb Dod. | bolton | 23/06/2021 |
From Culter Allers Farm, following tracks up Fell Shin to Culter Fell, then S over Moss Law to Glenwhappen Rig, contouring NE to Coomb Hill, returning along ridge to Gathersnow Hill then Hillshaw Head and Coomb Dod, then along windfarm road back N to Dod Hill, then by ATV tracks over Hudderstone, descending NE by an ATV track, joining a landrover track along Cowgill Rig down to Birthwood and Culter Allers | kdbennett | 22/05/2021 |
Coomb Hill (640m), Gathersnow Hill (688m), Hillshaw Head (652m) and Coomb Dod (635m) from Kingledores | DaveGraham | 26/04/2021 |
MKInnes | 18/04/2021 | |
colazione | 06/03/2021 | |
Culter Fell 8, 29Km | Huwel | 28/01/2021 |
SunnyAdventures | 28/01/2021 | |
ridgewalker23 | 30/12/2020 | |
A round of the tops around Coulter Water glen from near Coulter Allers. As far as Holm Nick, then down to reservoir and back along the glen. With B and R. | jenx | 09/10/2020 |
davezeking | 16/09/2020 |