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| Name: | Potholm Hill |
| Hill number: | 5133 |
| Height: | 310m / 1017ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1920 Pikethaw Hill |
| RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Catchment: | Esk (Gretna) |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,3,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NY 36319 87356 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground near cairn E of wall |
| Drop: | 138m |
| Col: | 172m NY361896  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 323N |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 56 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Starting from the CP at Langholm, over the bridge and up the gravel track onto the hill, up to Potholm Hill then on to Wrea Hill. Retrace route. Boggy in places. | smocks and denims | 18/02/2024 |
| Langholm main car park and WC, both free (NY364849). N then W over bridge, 1st R uphill, then L before last property. Gate on R, ATV Tk to top | Isbjorn | 24/12/2023 |
| Bus X95 to Sorbie. Bauchle Hill, Wrae Hill and this one which was my 2000th Tump | trimarc2 | 17/10/2023 |
| With L | Janet M | 08/10/2023 |
| Loop from Langholm | SS | 07/05/2023 |
| 1st of 2 HuMPs today. From the riverside car park straight up track to Castle Hill and on to Potholm Hill. Returned by same route. | benalder284 | 22/01/2023 |
| circular walk from Langholm. Up and back before the rain. | Walker Dan | 02/10/2022 |
| Parked in a layby to the SE at NY36828 86275. Crossed the little burn at the N end of the layby, over a wooden fence, then up to a stile over a wall at NY36697 86394. Up on grass and easily negotiated bracken to an ATV track along the top, and to the summit. | LizH | 23/09/2020 |
| A pretty walk up from Langholm. Lots of wild flowers and good views. With B and R. | jenx | 28/08/2020 |
| Nice easy walk up path from Langholm car park. Back same way. Bull and cows on Wrae Hill, so didn't do it today. With Sail & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 13/08/2020 |
| From car park (rather quiet) straight up track to Castle Hill and on to Potholm Hill. Cracking views of Langholm (my mother's birthplace) returning same way. | SS | 11/06/2020 |
| From NY 3543 8874. Farm track to the gate (NY 3551 8818) then headed up the hill. Picked up Wrae Hill on the return. | jonglew | 28/11/2019 |
| P gateway on minor road c.2k NW. Straightforward track/ gate/ col/ ridge/ cairn sort of hill, easy ground. Back via 3 Tumps to north. | agentmancuso | 28/02/2019 |
| Good path/track up from gate at NY355882. Continued between hills to Wrae Hill - very pleasant walk | carole engel | 13/07/2018 |
| From the Ewes Water bridge layby on A7. Two cairns and panoramic views but no camera. | NormanW | 03/06/2017 |
| Very easy to find the route, simple pleasant walk with views over Langholm and toward the monument from the summit. Carried on down and over Castle Hill back down to Langholm. | KPvLSF | 15/05/2016 |
| Over the squeeze gate and up alongside the last wall S of Wrae. Fast ground. | Eddie | 02/03/2016 |
| Potholm Hill - Wrae Hill - Bauchie Hill from approx NY355887. Fine steep-sided hills. | RobertP | 28/11/2015 |
| Straightforward walk up from large lay-bye just north of bridge on A7. | Campbell Singer | 22/11/2015 |
| Last hill in circuit from Langholm. Savage westerly wind. | Colin Crawford | 03/03/2015 |
| parked in layby on A7 up side of wall to the south top then along to the summit. | robertphillips | 27/02/2015 |
| Started as MAE. Up LHS of stream to end of track. Up into next field, then over stile across wall to right. (Behind the tree). Rising traverse across hill to gain ridge just before the col. S top also visited on return. | Minto | 18/01/2015 |
| Simple ascent from large layby on A7 just north of bridge with traffic lights (north of Langholm). | mae | 29/12/2014 |
| Tick with Phil Cooper after Wrae Hill. | Dugswell2 | 07/11/2014 |
| After Calkin Rig. .From Hawick Rd to N. Big diagonal onto ridge which is included in Langholm walks no 4. Back over Wrae hill. Pleasant sunshine but howling gale. Nice wee hill | Thearlaichdubh | 08/03/2014 |
| poss twin summit, S edge of clearing, appears similar elev in sitka to N. drove forest rd from N end of L Tina, parked W of summit, fairly open sitka | RHW | 08/09/2012 |
| Parked at track end on Eskdalemuir road. S to Potholm Burn upfence then ridge. | chrisbien | 03/05/2010 |
| via Wrae Hill. Stiles etc, straightforward | danpquinn | 20/09/2008 |
| Lindsay M | 08/10/2023 | |
| A W Bryan | 02/09/2023 | |
| Fletch | 20/04/2023 | |
| interloper | 20/04/2023 | |
| RobB | 04/11/2022 | |
| Berkscire874 | 22/09/2021 | |
| PeterAH | 23/09/2020 | |
| JFT_96 | 09/07/2020 | |
| Alan Caine | 21/12/2019 | |
| Adrian | 21/12/2019 | |
| AndyS | 19/01/2019 | |
| bjewing | 04/06/2017 | |
| Alan Whatley | 22/11/2015 | |
| iaindbrown | 01/02/2015 | |
| irobbo | 10/04/2014 | |
| chalky1953 | 24/07/2013 | |
| Kiltie | 24/06/2013 | |
| Martin R | 17/04/2013 | |
| maknipe | 06/03/2012 | |
| Rambling Ray | 27/09/2009 | |
| Colin Crawford | 03/09/2009 | |
| Tom Mundell | 21/06/2009 |