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Name:Mains Hill
Hill number:5095
Height:354m / 1161ft
Parent (Ma):1800  Windlestraw Law
RHB Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,3,Y)
Grid ref:NT 45442 37943
Summit feature:embedded rock 170m NNE of large cairn
Drop:106m
Col:248m  NT448380  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 73
(1:25k) 338
Observations:ground 100m NNE is 70cm lower
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 59 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
See https://scotlandhills.net/hills-around-galashiels-and-stow/hill walker10/09/2023
Easily up from parking to the West. Field surrounded by single strand electric fence.NormanW08/03/2022
Straightforward from west. Nice to have climbed three hills today as the weather was atrocious earlier.Wycombe Wanderer29/12/2021
Easy route up from bealach on B710.sclater10/08/2021
From high point on road. Gate in top corner of field then just some cattle to negotiate. With B, B and R.jenx01/08/2021
With Rod from Clovenfords in an anticlockwise loop. A fine walk with great views. Couple of easy wall crossings on Knowes Hill.SS10/05/2021
From same verge parking as Knowes Hill on B710. Over pasture field then open hill to summit, additional tall cairns on lower prominences near summit.N.Morters17/09/2020
Roadside verge parking NT 4483 3792.jonglew17/01/2020
From the west, parked on the verge near a gate. Over field and through a gate to the summit.LizH04/12/2019
From Clovenfordsdunx200531/08/2018
From road to W - short steep climb.RobertP08/04/2018
P S of col NT 44834 37936, 2 gates, easy pasture.agentmancuso06/04/2018
After Knowes Hill in twilight. Park on grass verge with care, otherwise no problems.Topographer5704/11/2017
2nd ascent to bag both tops.russell6107/03/2017
Ascended from road to west. Three summits, some with cairns. Middle summit is highest ( embedded rock in ground) . Lovely clear views in sunshine out over surrounding Borders hills.Denise 04/02/2017
Up W slopes from road.RichardM04/02/2017
After Knowes Hill via fields just to S of highpoint of road to W. Pleasant rolling hillThearlaichdubh27/12/2016
from the hp on road.robertphillips05/05/2016
From the road summit after Knowes Hill. russell61 can relax - Abneyed the 2 summits and the S top is highest.jimbloomer17/02/2015
Walked up from south starting at pub at Clovenfords. Reached middle cairn which my GPS registered as GR 454379. Cairn to north looked similar height but was surrounded by cows and fierce looking bulls, so I retreated back down the way I came up. This is a dubious bag. Comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim.russell6118/12/2012
353m GPS, mossy pasture, middle top higher than cairned tops to N and S. from W, pasture, gates RHW19/11/2011
parked 4507 3847 through two gates to topchrisbien19/06/2010
Crumblie213/02/2024
Fletch30/11/2022
interloper30/11/2022
Matt08/03/2022
Tricky13/11/2021
Dave McG08/11/2021
Berkscire87410/09/2021
richtea504005/10/2020
ridgewalker2310/07/2020
softsquare29/12/2019
49pp20/12/2019
PeterAH04/12/2019
Adrian29/12/2018
ZanderH06/04/2018
AndyS25/12/2017
carole engel29/09/2017
sam.g.guthrie21/11/2016
Campbell Singer24/11/2015
Alan Whatley31/10/2015
mae25/10/2015
tomandivy13/10/2015
irobbo19/08/2015
silverhow01/02/2015
Moore10004/12/2014
iaindbrown09/11/2013
Sherlock09/11/2013
Kiltie24/04/2013
Martin R21/04/2013