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Name: | Craighead Hill |
Hill number: | 13159 |
Height: | 429m / 1407ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1740 Green Lowther |
RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
Donald area: | Lowther Hills |
County/UA: | South Lanarkshire |
Catchment: | Clyde |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | NS 92250 23896 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground between two masts on E side of fence |
Drop: | 55m |
Col: | 374m NS921234 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 71 72 (1:25k) 329 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 31 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked at the old track to the quarry. Straight up from there. Very messy at the top with disused buildings and rubbish from the buildings. Just wish someone would clear this away once it is no longer needed | Andrew Simmons | 03/09/2022 |
Parked just off the roundabout at J13 along towards the farm, but before the gate. Through 1st gate on track, up towards gate at top of field, then onto track. Easy as no livestock in fields - which won't always be the case. | Minto | 25/02/2022 |
Parked at entrance to Craighead Quarry track. Up to quarry - at least part of it was used for the extraction of essexite which was used for curling stones - and then straight up to summit. Continued to Fagyad Hill, and then back via quarry. Breezy. | vuirich | 22/02/2022 |
Parked in wide forestry entrance, just SW of the 286m spot height (NS 9087 2120). Walked NE on road ~330m then NW up to Drake Law and on to Fagyad Hill. From there followed fenceline along to Craighead Hill for a Topo Region P05 completion. On return dropped down to road south of Over Abington farm leaving 2k5 walk back to car. | jonglew | 07/01/2022 |
With Claire. Parked on B7078 and followed transmitter access track to the summit. Back down direct to the car on good grass surface. | MickyRoss | 15/05/2021 |
From roundabout via access track. Inversion | benalder284 | 28/12/2020 |
Parked NS 91634 24339 track to quarry, straight up to summit. | Anton | 28/08/2020 |
Parked at road junction to north west and through gate. | ARM | 24/07/2020 |
Quick ascent to provide a break whilst driving south. Parked by the road junction to the north west. | JohnW | 17/04/2019 |
Parked on pavement on roundabout and followed good tracks. Good views to S | Thearlaichdubh | 21/12/2018 |
From NW by quarry entrance. | cjo | 05/05/2018 |
From the west, parked entrance to the quarry, windy on top. | robertphillips | 15/02/2018 |
Walk up the track from motorway junction,sunny and windy | vegibagger | 19/07/2017 |
HP was at wall, but generally level top of sheep pasture with two aerial compounds to east side of wall. . Descended to car at Duneaton Bridge over grassy pasture. From Black Hill. With Graham and R. | Denise | 18/04/2017 |
Good parking at start of minor to the NW. Through gate and up to summit. Back same way. With Ian & Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 17/12/2016 |
Straight up from roundabout | Colin Crawford | 14/03/2015 |
Parked on the B7078 facing the roundabout then up track from roundabout into field and up hill to see Martin Richardson about to descend. | Dugswell2 | 30/11/2014 |
BBRW. Early morning grab whilst waiting for the start of the main entertainment of the day. | Martin R | 30/11/2014 |
By fence.Several aerials. Pasture. | Adrian | 28/04/2014 |
P at quarry track end. Straight up Craighead Hill then to Fagyad Hill and diagonally down to quarry and back to car. | chrisbien | 01/03/2014 |
On way back down from Drake Law. | agentmancuso | 16/04/2006 |
stevent0809 | 13/01/2024 | |
Matt | 10/04/2023 | |
cmac | 03/03/2019 | |
chalky1953 | 29/09/2018 | |
maknipe | 17/12/2017 | |
Lucky | 17/12/2017 | |
RichardM | 18/04/2017 | |
Dave Geere | 01/11/2016 | |
Lindsay M | 11/12/2011 | |
Ken_Stewart | 07/01/2009 |