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Name:The Ward
Hill number:12071
Height:58m / 190ft
Parent (Ma):none
RHB Section:22: Shetland Islands
County/UA:Shetland Islands
Island:West Burra
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:HU 35770 29809
Summit feature:knoll 7m E of cairn
Drop:55m
Col:3m  HU364304  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 4
(1:25k) 466N
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 32 users)ByDate of Ascent
Parked at road end at Duncansclett, down track across to Minn and easily up to top. Two sheep still on Fugla stack.impressive cloud bank hugging Clift hills to east today. Up Virda on way back.PeterD10/05/2023
A lovely calm spring morning with L (once the shower that delayed our start passed). We hugged the coast looking at the cliffs - found 3 iron (rusty) stakes that climbers use to abseil down for climbs on the slabs here. Just a short amble today taking in the sunny beauty and colours -and watching in amusement the sheep eating seaweed on the pebbles.Chris Pearson08/05/2021
Another fantastic stormy coastal walk / stagger around the headland with L to view the battering waves driven in on a SW gale - sea spray and blowing froth coming over the high cliffs. Rain showers then slanting winter sun -very amospheric. Kettla Ness and The Heug taking a pounding. Impossible for photos to do it justice - something to feel. Even the east coast was rough but the west was where the real drama was. Kept well back from the slippery, sloping saturated grassy cliff tops. Back over The Ward. The coastguard helicopter flew over - taking (we read later)an injured fisherman from a boat N of Orkney to Lerwick hospital.Chris Pearson17/01/2021
A dramatic 2 hr walk with L following (carefully) the indented cliff edge out to the headland of The Heug. Most of the walk involved taking two steps, then stopping and staring again at the ever changing spectacular cliff scenery and plummeting drops, and the acrobatic fulmers floating and swooping effortlessly in the strong up-draught. I hope the farmer who bravely banged in the old fence posts scarily right up to the down sloping cliff edge on this hill was belayed whilst swinging their sledgehammer. Another blue sky day with winter sun glinting off the sea and the moorland lochans -and of course a bitter N wind the price to pay for seeing such beauty.Chris Pearson02/01/2021
'Living our dream' - on the shortest day - for our first run down 'our' island having arrived yesterday to live on West Burra for 5 months to embrace the Shetland experience. Dazzling winter sun in our faces and a gentle blustery wind with our first Shetland rain blast on the grassy climb up from Minn beach (with its sadly ubiquitous pile of collected plastic trash - and many uncollected bits above the tide line). The forlorn 2 sheep on Fungle Stack are still there! . Back north from here re-crossing Minn Beach then up following the dramatic cliffs with a full rainbow - the symbol of hope during Covid in 2020 - with vaccinations now underway.Chris Pearson21/12/2020
From Duncansclett cp and along the isthmus at Minn beach.Campbell Singer21/06/2019
Solo. From car park at road end at Duncansclett. Amazed to see two sheep grazing on the summit of Fungle Stack. Continued to trig point and nearby hp on Kettla Ness.pwbellarby12/06/2019
Virda first then across the lovely Banna Min beach then well cropped grassy slopes. On to the Kettla Ness trig.jonglew07/06/2019
Delightful walk round curved deserted beach and on to tump summit then on to trig pillar, skirting two locksmiths to there west and then back round their east side along east coast. This was a warm up exercise before noon bossy to foula.vegibagger29/05/2019
With E. As tourist. From Duncanslett went for a walk along Minn Beach and headland, visiting island summit.Beeliner07/09/2018
Although not marked on the maps, there is parking for about 8 cars at the end of the road at Duncansclett (HU368310). The walk gives splendid views.David Purchase09/06/2016
Final TuMP of my Shetland Tour with Tricky Speirs.Dugswell208/06/2013
Bagged w Jenx on Burra trip.nordicstar04/06/2013
En route to trig. The Heugg a fine feature. Sightings included a sanderling (the only one of the trip) and Rick and Jen (more frequent) RHW04/06/2013
AndyS18/07/2023
geoffreycurnock29/06/2023
beckybags15/05/2023
govanah11/05/2022
Pete R23/04/2022
phil10120/06/2021
Simon Winton31/05/2021
samblackburn27/01/2020
SteveG18/06/2019
chalky195308/06/2019
jimbloomer21/07/2018
softsquare25/07/2017
Tricky08/06/2013
Colin Crawford06/06/2013
Adrian04/06/2013
Louise04/06/2013
ajwxyzt04/06/2013
GordonAdshead01/08/2007