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| Name: | The Mount |
| Hill number: | 7305 |
| Height: | 538m / 1765ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1809 East Cairn Hill |
| RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
| County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Musselburgh), Tweed |
| Watershed: | Firth of Forth, Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Tweedmouth |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Subhump (Tu,5,DDew,sHu) |
| Grid ref: | NT 14425 57586 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 91m |
| Col: | 447m NT139578  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 65 72 (1:25k) 344 |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 119 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From carpark at Carlops, up track to Fairliehope and on to fp sign post on bend before N Esk Cottage. Grass track up The Mount. Fence line to highpoint SW of Wether Hill & short detour to summit. Back on path to Grain Heads and on th Mount Maw Trig. Fence line to Faw Mount and down to CBDR. All good paths, even uf a tad muddy on most of it. SE crossing stream past Tocher Knowe. Over gate and up field to Cock Rig over cow churned pasture. Better nearer and after summit. Descended diagonally NE to gate at Fairslacks, then continued NE on track to Carlops. 14.5km very pleasant. | Lynnebe | 18/02/2024 |
| Anti-clockwise round from B.Farm with diversion to Cock Rig. | lordtonult | 19/11/2023 |
| MMC walk with Donald's lead. Chilly but dry day. Took Rosie | alexmaclennan | 19/11/2023 |
| After Mount Maw and Grains. | Hirta | 11/10/2023 |
| Baddinsgill road end (NT126548). Back along tarmac S to PF, joined track S towards Stonypath, ATV track heads off NE from NT131542 to Faw Mount and Mount Maw, on to Grain Heads and The Mount. Rough, faint path to col, improving path on W side of fence to high point, then short detour to top of Wether Law – back to fence and NW along path until fizzles out in heather. Bits of An Tx on to flat S ridge, but then ruff-n-tuff pathless heather, aiming for an ATV tk just W of black shooting hut – a relief to reach the river and then some tough veg before hitting the ATV target track. Easy stroll back to Baddinsgill. | Isbjorn | 04/09/2023 |
| East Cairn Hill and Mount Maw circuit, West Linton - Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 13/07/2023 |
| Parked at West Linton and got the bus to Flotterston. 24km walk back, over 16 summits. 12/16 | PGCE | 30/04/2023 |
| Parked at Carlops, up to just past Fairliehope, then up Fairliehope Hill to the Mount, then followed atv track over Grain Heads to Mount Maw. Cut down to Carlop Hill Farm and the rest of track back. Lots of single strand electric fences, all can be snuck under. | hils | 27/01/2023 |
| Parked at Baddinsgill. Followed Thieves Road across open moorland. After approx 3.5kms at NT118178 there is a waymaker post with an ATV track heading left uphill, not shown on OS map. This continues all the way to the summit. Followed path down wall and back up East Cairn Hill. At path junction went left to visit the shelter, then along ridge to summit (4 rocks was possibly once a cairn). Followed path which becomes an ATV track along fence doglegging off to Dodd summits, over Wether Law, The Mount, Grain Heads Mount Maw. Continued down ridge over Faw Mount on an ATV track to meet Thieves Road then the road. 10.3 miles our 5.5hrs. | JulieB | 30/10/2022 |
| From wether law, followed the path to the summit. | JAdair97 | 27/08/2022 |
| Parked at spaces provided at Baddinsgill Farm. Round of hills - Faw Mount, Mount Maw, Grain Heads, The Mount, Wether Law and finishing at East Law hill. Extended on to the large cairn at the end of the ridge, which is worthwhile, and then descent (paths) into Cauldstone Slap and return to farm along the Thieves Road. | sarahk | 04/08/2022 |
| From Wether Law, to fence junction and then followed fence up and on to HP. Back to Nine Mile Burn via North Esk reservoir. | PeterD | 17/05/2022 |
| Out from Carlops on 7 Trump day. Nice round last hill to tick Mount Maw | Andrew Simmons | 26/04/2022 |
| 10.3 mile circular from Baddinsgill. Followed path near farm to Baddinsgill House then climbed straight up the side of Faw Mount on ATV tracks ascending fairly easily onto Mount Maw, grassy ATV tracks took us over featureless Grain Heads to The Mount's unmarked summit. From here we descended easily to Deer Hope col and up sheep tracks to Wether Law's unmarked summit having to climb a barbed wire fence on the way. From here it is pathless heather to the fence climbing up trail onto East Cairn Hill, the summit being quite boggy. We descended to Cauldstane Slap then followed the trail up to West Cairn Hill. From here we followed ridge for a bit further followed by a pathless heather bash down by non-existent grouse butts to pick up track, we followed this over grassy Muckle Knock and descended track, then Thieves Road back to Baddinsgill. 740m ascent overall. Sunny but hazy so views were restricted. Saw 2 other people. Afterwards we drove back into Edinburgh and bagged Dunsapie. | DanTrig | 23/03/2022 |
| From Carlops up track towards North Esk Res. Follow fence up Carlops Hill (no path) onto Mount Maw, Grain Heads and The Mount, return down towards North Esk Reservoir and down by path by burn to Carlops. Lovely sunny day with patches of snow. With Ben and Sally | Victor | 06/03/2022 |
| Circuit from Baddinsgill. | thekirkie pirate | 20/12/2021 |
| LDWA Central & Lowlands social walk Mount Maw, Grain Heads, The Mount, Wether Law, East Cairn Hill. | tsharp | 17/10/2021 |
| A 5 Dodd circuit from Ninemileburn, 4/5 | NormanW | 25/09/2021 |
| Mount Maw, The Mount, Wether Law and Cock Rig on a route from Carlops to Balerno. Easy along ridge from Mount Maw | Thearlaichdubh | 21/06/2021 |
| 3 of 6: From Grain Heads. With Karen. | ChrisR | 14/06/2021 |
| Little Vantage car park, Drover's Way to Baddinsgill Reservoir then Mount Maw, Grain Heads, The Mount, Wether Law and East Cairn Hill | tsharp | 03/06/2021 |
| Third hill of an anti-clockwise round of 6 Tumps from Carlops car park. From Wether Law along the ridge. Strange single strand electric fence N of summit. Onwards to Mount Maw. | Minto | 08/05/2021 |
| From Baddinsgill Fm, parked right at end of the public road. Mount Maw, The Mount, Grain Heads, Wether Law, East Cairn, West Cairn, Muckle Knock, Byrehope Mount, King Seat. | curlebd | 21/03/2020 |
| Circuit from Baddinsgill Farm | RobB | 19/06/2019 |
| Anti clockwise loop from golf club taking in Mount Maw, The Mount, Wether Law, East Cairn Hill, West Cairn Hill, Craigengar (tough going) and Byrehope Mount. Glorious day. | SS | 19/04/2019 |
| Parked on grass verge 30m S. of cattle grid at 126546. The 6th of 7 Donald Deweys on a clockwise circuit of Baddingsgill Reservoir, staring with Byrehope Mount & finishing on Mount Maw. From Wether Law, back to fence line & down path to col - From col, ATV track & to unmarked summit. Continued to Mount Maw. (S) | gerrybowes | 14/02/2019 |
| From Baddinsgill Fm, parked right at end of the public road. Byrehope - Muckle Knock - West Cairn - East Cairn - Wether - The Mount - GraonHeads - Mount Maw. Nice 17k horseshoe walk on surprisingly good ground, lots of quad tracks and human/animal trods. | jonglew | 28/10/2018 |
| West Linton - Lead Law - Faw Mount - Mount Maw - Grain Heads - The Mount - Carlops. Used bus from Stirling / Edinburgh. | russell61 | 28/08/2018 |
| From Mount Maw. | summitter | 15/07/2018 |
| Followed fence from Wether Law - avoiding mud bath while crossing Deer Hope. Rather tussocky and heather ascent with detour away from fence to reach another flattish, grassy top. On Over to Grain Heads the following indistinct track west to rejoin Old Drove Road and back to Baddinsgill | Jubilado | 12/07/2018 |
| Grassy summit, sunny, light wind | vegibagger | 05/07/2018 |
| From Baddinsgill. West Cairn Hill, East Cairn Hill, Wether Law, The Mount, Grain Heads, Mount Maw & back to Baddinsgill. 1/8 cloud, lt airs, vg vis, -9C, frozen ground. With PM. | CJM | 10/12/2017 |
| 4th of the day with CM heading south to Mount Maw. | bolton | 10/12/2017 |
| From West Linton golfclub doing a anti-clockwise circuit of the fells starting with Mount Maw and ending on Mendick Hill. Surprisingly few paths. | Alan Moore | 29/11/2017 |
| ghaley | 27/08/2017 | |
| Round of Lead Law, Cock Rig, Mt Maw, The Mount, Wether Law, Muckle Knock, Byrehope Mount, King Seat from West Linton. Long and pleasant traverse on short grass from Mount Maw. | Thearlaichdubh | 15/08/2017 |
| After Wether Law as part of descent from East Cairn Hill. Another grassy featureless summit set SE of fence junction. Did not bother pressing on to Grain Heads and Mount Maw due to poor weather conditions, choosing to descend east side of hill to path near North Esk Cottage and back to van. With Simon1100. | mntainman | 21/02/2017 |
| Circuit with East Cairn Hill | N.Morters | 16/07/2016 |
| Mount maw, grain heads, the mount, wether law, muckle knock, craigengar, byrehope mount, kings seat, ACW from baddinsgill farm on atv tracks most of the way. | robertphillips | 27/03/2016 |
| In between Wether Law and Mount Maw, keeping just to the left of the fence. | Pete R | 25/03/2016 |
| From good parking at Baddinsgill Farm. Up Thieves road and circuit of Muckle Knock, West cairn, East Cairn, Wether Law, The Mount, Grains Head and Mount Maw, back down crossing near dam to start. Soft but generally good going, some paths esp up on the Cairns. | nordicstar | 28/02/2015 |
| Circuit from Badinsgill | jenx | 28/02/2015 |
| ghaley | 02/06/2013 | |
| Third of the day with GHC. | Play2End | 13/01/2013 |
| With Charlie and Mark. Baddingsgill To Wether Law to Thieves Rd. | chrisbien | 09/04/2012 |
| Followed the ROW from South of Baddinsgill up over Faw Mount, round the ridge over Mount Maw to Weather Law then across to the Drovers' Road. | agentmancuso | 05/11/2011 |
| From Baddinsgill Farm on the way to East Cairn Hill | Arte Et Labore | 10/04/2011 |
| OK grass/heather hill. | RHW | 30/03/2003 |
| Solo south along the ridge adding newly published Donald Deweys to the outing -before rejoining Rob who had gone off for the marilyn of Mendick Hill. | Chris Pearson | 19/11/2000 |
| Fieldwork | HFB | 30/06/1995 |