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Name: | Fanna Hill |
Hill number: | 1927 |
Height: | 514.6m / 1688ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2311 Peel Fell |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Gretna), Tweed |
Watershed: | Tweedmouth, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Solway Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head |
Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Submarilyn, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,5,DDew,sMa,Y) |
Grid ref: | NT 56977 03195 |
Summit feature: | no feature 18m NE of trig point |
Drop: | 148.1m |
Col: | 366.5m NT 5894 0287 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 80 (1:25k) 331 |
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 58 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
south side of hill completely clear felled, i went up Cuttic Sike. | BLACKHILL | 16/10/2023 |
Parked as others and used forest track until directly beneath top. Then up felled tree line fairly easily to open ground which is not too rough. Has been replanted so will not work for ever! With B and R. | jenx | 08/08/2023 |
Good parking 300m S of forest track start, NT587027. SE flank of Fanna Hill has been clear felled. X’s passage now an obvious green patch, but is now deep irksome veg having been fed by sunlight. Easier to ascend one of the extraction lines, preferably from near the solitary 3m high tree stump, because before the ridge and along the ridge is purgatorial deep veg. A faint FP leaves due SE from the trig pillar, heading to the aforementioned tree stump, with two deep and steep trenches to cross on the way. | Isbjorn | 09/08/2022 |
Parked in layby at NT58602 02488, approx 350m S of the forest track. Followed the track to the reference given by 'ger', then easily up on open ground and through widely spaced trees. Good views. (Current forestry activity along the main track.) | LizH | 16/04/2021 |
Used track starting at 5879 0279 - reasonable parking a few hundred metres N. I left track at NT5709302738 about 60m before track turns 90deg L. Open grassy area followed by a short walk through tree aisle(s), then onto open summit area. | ger | 29/09/2020 |
Parking at start of logging road (NT 5879 0279). Stayed on logging road to NT 5733 0299, whence easily up through conifers; last 200m rough tussocky ground. | jonglew | 08/01/2020 |
Parked at Hells Hole then followed forestry track up to Wigg Knowe, cracking views of the Borders from Wigg Knowe, left the track and headed over Fanna Swire which is usually a big boot sucking peat bog, but as it had been below zero for a few days it was frozen solid, reached Fanna Hill and the views were even better from the Cheviot to Kielder the Lake District and Skiddaw and over to the Moffat hills, didnt fancy going back by Fanna Swire so headed down through the recently felled hillside to Black Cleuch and followed forestry road back to car. | alanm9 | 19/11/2019 |
As gerrybowes. Swarms of flies on warm day made this less enjoyable. “Smidge” repellant useful. | Campbell Singer | 08/07/2019 |
As per Mr. Bowes. With PM. | CJM | 05/02/2019 |
Parking at forest gate - 588028. From the high point on the track at Fanna bog will take you quickly and easily through the trees and over rougher terrain to the summit. With CM in deteriorating weather. | bolton | 05/02/2019 |
From Note o' the Gate up track as far as Cuttit Sike due to huge windfall (Larch disease?). Easy enough through few trees there then over Fanna Hill and over to Wigg Knowe (what did the MOD do here). It was still dry so I took the longer option down the track apart from one easy cut through. | SS | 12/01/2019 |
As agentmancuso - route works well. | PGCE | 26/12/2018 |
Ascent as described by agentmancuso. Continued to Wigg Knowe, some rough ground and bog in the col. | Aye Jimmy | 02/11/2018 |
Fanna Hill and Wigg Knowe from E. Track then up through mature trees to emerge on open ground and short walk to summit of Fanna Hill. Simple traverse to Wigg Knowe. | RobertP | 21/07/2018 |
Parked in wide entrance to forest track at 588028 - Up forest track to a small quarry near high point - WNW between mature trees and around/over fallen trees to top of forest - 200yd over tussock & bilberry to the unmarked summit & nearby trig point. (S) | gerrybowes | 03/07/2018 |
Bike tour diversion from NT 580009 up the well made track. Could see the clearing up Cuttit Syke above the felled forest from the first bend. Easy. | Eddie | 15/11/2016 |
gate open today drove up to hp on track then through trees to the top. | robertphillips | 09/07/2016 |
Surveyed, no change. Followed track from NT590034 to open break (with rough track) at NT 5825 0400, pretty easy from there up to Wigg Knowe, which seems mysteriously absent from the database. | alda | 27/03/2015 |
As Bernie Hughes a surprisingly easy 1 hr 20 minute walk cheers agentmancuso. | Dugswell2 | 01/10/2011 |
Parked at NT587027 and followed forestry road to highest point then hit the trees. There's about 250m of ascent stright up through the trees, but they're not too dense so no problem really. Slightly hazy views to Peel Fell and Deadwater Fell. | agentmancuso | 10/04/2011 |
Parked at start of forrestry road 588 028. Followed the road to Cuttit Sike but went up the stream to Whitegrain Fell and then along the fence to the summit (hard going). Came back through the trees beside CS (very easy). | chrisbien | 29/08/2010 |
tough tussocky ascent from SE, dull summit & view. from rdside at Coopercleugh to SE | RHW | 16/02/2003 |
Fletch | 04/09/2023 | |
interloper | 04/08/2023 | |
PeterAH | 16/04/2021 | |
iainwalton | 16/07/2020 | |
Berkscire874 | 31/05/2020 | |
rosieoflarriston | 18/09/2019 | |
Tom Mundell | 30/12/2018 | |
sarah mundell | 30/12/2018 | |
Trekking toes | 30/12/2018 | |
AndyS | 24/12/2017 | |
Dave Geere | 01/03/2017 | |
irobbo | 07/09/2016 | |
BaggerGutt | 30/03/2016 | |
tomandivy | 26/03/2016 | |
carole engel | 11/10/2015 | |
iaindbrown | 06/09/2015 | |
Anton | 22/05/2015 | |
Tricky | 22/03/2014 | |
bjewing | 15/03/2014 | |
Kiltie | 27/06/2013 | |
maknipe | 06/06/2013 | |
mae | 05/03/2013 | |
Alan Moore | 21/12/2012 | |
Alan Whatley | 09/07/2011 | |
chalky1953 | 11/08/2010 | |
Andrew Simmons | 16/03/2008 | |
Colin Crawford | 03/10/2007 | |
jimbloomer | 15/05/2007 |