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Name: | Mountbenger Law |
Hill number: | 1924 |
Height: | 543.9m / 1784ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1919 Minch Moor |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
Donald area: | Manor Hills |
County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
Catchment: | Tweed |
Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Submarilyn, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,5,DDew,sMa,Y) |
Grid ref: | NT 31201 27566 |
Summit feature: | ground 3m N of large cairn |
Drop: | 145.1m |
Col: | 398.8m NT 3289 2970 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 73 (1:25k) 337 |
Observations: | higher ground could lie under cairn |
Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 81 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the parking area to the N at the start of the forestry road. Over some wooden fencing and onto trods/ATV ruts to the top of Mountbenger Law. Then NE to a deer fence with another wooden section to aid its climbing, over a new timber extraction road and up an ATV track between new planting to Paddock Slack. Back down to extraction road and W through a gate. Then picked our way down through new plantings to the forest road below and the car. | summitter | 24/11/2023 |
Parking as others to the north. From Paddock Slack. | Alan Caine | 24/06/2023 |
Parking opposite the John Muir Trust's Glenlude centre, NT313285. The ATV track which starts from the cattle grid 100m SW has an indistinct start. Above the ZOE (Zone of 'Orrible 'Eather) it levels off and veers off L, but multiple An Tx continue up between well spaced tussocks. | Isbjorn | 21/04/2023 |
Revisit for trig. From N, at dusk | RHW | 19/11/2022 |
Same route as Minto. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 01/11/2022 |
Parked at start of forest road to N. Up through cleared forest to fence near col. Then up to summit. On to Paddock Slack. | Minto | 30/10/2022 |
Parked west of summit on B709 then slogged straight up the side to impressive cairn. Easy but steep terrain. Great views from the top; the bigger mountains west were snow capped. Afterwards we drove around to and bagged Bareback Knowe, Windlestraw Law and Dod Hill. Clear and sunny but windy conditions. 253m ascent. | DanTrig | 20/03/2022 |
At others parking at entrance to wood north of summit/ John Muir trust woodland to west. Up mainly grassy ground to large cairn. Good views all round, easy short addition. | N.Morters | 22/05/2021 |
Parked in entrance to forest. Around edge of old forest to summit, then over to Mountbenger Law. | PGCE | 17/03/2021 |
Very wet underfoot. No distinct path i could identify due to snow. Quad tracks in places | sam.g.guthrie | 17/01/2021 |
Parked in wide entrance to forest track at NT 3131 2855 & down road for about 150m to cattle grid - Over cattle grid & immediately ESE up ATV track; this bends right & heads SSW & then SE, joining ridge at 313282 - Left track & up ridge over some tussock & a bit of heather until crossing a well-used ATV track at 313278 - Turned right & followed track up to within 35yd of the large cairn & summit. (S) | gerrybowes | 25/08/2020 |
Parked in wide estate access entrance to N of the hill (NT 3131 2855). Direct line taken to top - 1km each way, ground a bit tussocky higher up. ***Reviisted 19 Nov 2022 with Rob Woodall for the trig surface block. Parked same spot and took same route up. | jonglew | 17/01/2020 |
start from eagles nest. good farm track to follow for most of way to first peak. boggy at top | carlpg | 18/07/2019 |
Parked in an inshot a few hundred metres SW of the forest track, then straight up the hill on mostly heather and some tussocky ground, to the large summit cairn. The tussocky ground was not too difficult to negotiate on this hill, with lots of spaces where you can see where to put your feet. | LizH | 07/07/2019 |
Dry day, blowing a hoolie and misty on top. Came up from the forestry bellmouth to the north. Hunting for the OS bolt. Successful. With CJ. | BigJ | 26/12/2018 |
Parked at end of forest track then up by fence to high point and on up north end to massive cairn. Looks down to Mountbengerhope where yet another of my relatives shepherded in the late 1800's. Back by similar route. | SS | 20/10/2018 |
From Old Tinnis over several Thirmps. Relatively easy for rough pasture. | Alan Moore | 28/11/2017 |
Directly up the north ridge. Ground mostly good but some bracken lower down and tussocks higher up. | Topographer57 | 04/11/2017 |
park at gate start of foresrty track, ACW round of mountbenger law, paddock slack, welshie law, curly moor. | robertphillips | 05/06/2016 |
🅿 at cattle grid and direttissima | Martin R | 02/12/2015 |
Parked at forestry track, trod from cattle grid to top. | Anton | 07/06/2015 |
After Craig Hill.Nice summit cairn. | Adrian | 15/02/2015 |
Ascent from N after Deuchar Law. | Chris Peart | 28/11/2014 |
Up and down from the unfenced road summit. | Eddie | 27/08/2014 |
Simple ascent from North. Wet and misty. Back down via three tops to NE. | agentmancuso | 09/07/2012 |
Short gloaming ascent with Andy T from north side of the fell from B703. Followed an ATV track most of the way from cattlegrid on road to fine cairn on summit. | Man of Kernow1 | 26/02/2011 |
Parked at start of track N of hill. Path and track from the cattle grid. | chrisbien | 22/08/2010 |
Easy ascent from forest edge. Snowing at start. | fasgadh | 11/05/2010 |
OK summit, large cairn, fine view W. via re-entrant from W (layby) & S summit | RHW | 15/02/2003 |
Trailmaister | 10/11/2023 | |
Pete R | 04/11/2023 | |
Fletch | 02/12/2022 | |
interloper | 02/12/2022 | |
Matt | 09/03/2022 | |
Tricky | 07/03/2022 | |
alda | 21/10/2021 | |
Wycombe Wanderer | 23/06/2021 | |
Berkscire874 | 04/06/2021 | |
MuckleG | 26/11/2020 | |
richtea5040 | 21/10/2020 | |
softsquare | 03/01/2020 | |
Lindsay M | 09/11/2019 | |
PeterAH | 07/07/2019 | |
thenomad | 31/01/2018 | |
AndyS | 27/12/2017 | |
ianwatson | 27/09/2017 | |
Dave Geere | 02/09/2017 | |
tomandivy | 15/07/2017 | |
bjewing | 13/05/2017 | |
irobbo | 20/04/2017 |