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Name: | Cock Rig |
Hill number: | 13776 |
Height: | 479m / 1572ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1807 Scald Law |
RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
County/UA: | Midlothian |
Catchment: | Esk (Musselburgh) |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | NT 15244 59358 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground just N of wall |
Drop: | 62m |
Col: | 417m NT164602 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 65 72 (1:25k) 344 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 59 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Nine Mile Burn. Cap Law, Hare Hill and Green Law first, then down and up to here. On to Spittal Hill, Patie's Hill and return for a 15.1k round. | jonglew | 12/01/2024 |
From Carlops up the Midlothian side of the N Esk on a very muddy path to the reservoir. Along path on W side and up SW slope of Cock Rig meeting a ATV track after 25m climb. Down NW to Bore Stane. Climbed NW on good track for 400m until L turn on good track down to Reservoir. Back to Carlops on good track all the way. Happy New Year 2024 | Lynnebe | 01/01/2024 |
Anti-clockwise round from B.Farm with diversion to Cock Rig. Try to find ATV track leading down from Wether Law to avoid worst of the heather. | lordtonult | 19/11/2023 |
MMC walk with Donald's lead. Chilly but dry day. Took Rosie | alexmaclennan | 19/11/2023 |
deer, kestrels, buzzards on a blue sky day | langskill | 09/11/2023 |
Circular walk from Carlops. Carlops Hill, Grain Heads, The Mount, Cock Rig, Green Law, Spittal Hill, Patie's Hill. | tsharp | 22/03/2023 |
Across from Spittal Hill, followed fence down to track which followed, then Track to top and HP on north side of wall. On to Wether Law. | PeterD | 17/05/2022 |
Out from Carlops on 7 trump day. Nice round last hill to tick Mount Maw | Andrew Simmons | 26/04/2022 |
Followed fence down from Spittal/Green Law col, through open gate on N side of fence on a narrow path which led to the ruin and open gate at the gutterford Burn. There's a log bridge there if you need it. Path an vehicle track up on N side of wall/fence. Very easy and pleasant. | Belfarm | 23/01/2022 |
Headed straight down from Spittal hall following the fence until I reached the road. Once on the road followed it to the wooden shed and then followed the tyre tracks to the top. Top is on north side of wall. | JAdair97 | 15/01/2022 |
From Ninemileburn, included with my 5 Dodds. | NormanW | 25/09/2021 |
From Wether Law, via heather then across stream and up long grass hillside | Adrian | 03/07/2021 |
Mount Maw, The Mount, Wether Law and Cock Rig on a route from Carlops to Balerno. Slog through tussocky heather under East Cairn Hill to Borestane, then more tussocks to Cock rig, then faint paths to Bavelaw and Balerno | Thearlaichdubh | 21/06/2021 |
First hill of an anti-clockwise round of 6 Tumps from Carlops car park. Up the reservoir track, then path, and pathless SE Ridge. Onwards to Wether Law. | Minto | 08/05/2021 |
After Wether Law. Track to Nine Mile Burn to catch Edinburgh bus. | russell61 | 06/07/2019 |
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxc8lj1AeWw/ | rawkmonster | 14/05/2019 |
Via a crossing of the Gutterford Burn and its boggy environs. | summitter | 23/08/2018 |
From Green Law north-west slowly down tussocky slope to small plantation. Followed edge of plantation round then followed fence to a gate and grassy track leading to log bridge over Gutterford Burn. Faint track over side of Cock Law then followed wall to summit. Followed path onwards down to join Pentland path then turned south to follow this narrow path back to top of North Esk reservoir then signposted way back to Carlops carpark | Jubilado | 31/07/2018 |
6th tump of the day really feels like this is short of the middle point fulcrum of all the Pentlands | vegibagger | 05/07/2018 |
paties hill, cock rig, and hare hill from nine mile burn mostly on good tracks/paths. | robertphillips | 22/12/2017 |
Fourth of round of W and E Kip, Hare Hill, Cock Rig, Green Law, Spittal Hill and Patie's Hill from Ninemileburn. From Hare hill there is a faint path which follows the boundary wall most of the way to the col N of summit. More direct line is rough and wet. Excellent views 1*. On to Green Law. | Thearlaichdubh | 09/08/2017 |
From Ninemileburn, after Patie, good track leads round above resr and up the hill. Back via Hare Hill. | RHW | 10/12/2016 |
P to the north, at the beginning of the track from Buteland to Listonshiels. Then continued to the Bore Stane col before heading up. With Claire. | Pete R | 01/08/2015 |
P at Nine Mile Burn. Through Spittal Farm onto Patie's Hill and then to Cock Rig and back to car. Drizzle and rain. | chrisbien | 05/01/2015 |
From Nine Mile Burn | Arte Et Labore | 23/07/2011 |
Fieldwork | HFB | 08/05/1995 |
Tricky | 07/01/2024 | |
MKInnes | 01/01/2024 | |
stevent0809 | 17/10/2023 | |
Martin R | 28/07/2023 | |
Berkscire874 | 01/05/2023 | |
Gallovidian | 19/09/2022 | |
ArdrossanWintonRover | 13/02/2022 | |
Anton | 14/10/2021 | |
benalder50 | 01/04/2021 | |
ridgewalker23 | 14/03/2021 | |
samblackburn | 25/04/2020 | |
curlebd | 25/01/2020 | |
Fife Walking | 12/01/2020 | |
brucebob | 01/01/2018 | |
Michal Musialowicz | 16/07/2017 | |
chalky1953 | 14/10/2016 | |
Am Bodach | 21/06/2016 | |
iaindbrown | 18/02/2016 | |
amcvey | 01/01/2015 | |
JockTamson | 07/08/2013 | |
Colin Crawford | 16/06/2013 | |
Thi | 07/05/2013 | |
PM | 20/06/2010 | |
fasgadh | 21/11/2009 |