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Name:Black Burn Head
Hill number:13789
Height:472m / 1549ft
Parent (Ma):1920  Pikethaw Hill
RHB Section:28B: The River Tweed to the English Border
County/UA:Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Gretna), Tweed
Watershed:Tweedmouth, Ardnamurchan Point to Lowestoft, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Dover to Cape Wrath, Lowestoft to Duncansby Head, Land's End to John o' Groats, Solway Firth, The Lizard to Dunnet Head
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:NY 33110 99001
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:81m
Col:391m  NT332009  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 79
(1:25k) 323N
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 10 users)ByDate of Ascent
#1 of 2 from SW, Jamestown car park, wide tussocky ride SE to Merry LawRHW03/06/2023
Same route as chrisbienAndrew Simmons27/01/2022
From the end of the public road at Merrylaw. Walked to the end of the track past Deep Grain. The first part of the FB is almost a stone track which disappears at the bend. Most awkward underfoot was at the summit. Onwards along fence posts to Merry Law.chrisbien31/05/2021
Parked at end of mapped logging road (NY 3380 9889), final ~600m had mini-conifers growing in middle of track, so good vehicle ground clearance ideal. Good breaks runs SW then NW to top. Followed fence line on to Merry Law.jonglew02/03/2021
Continuing S along the boundary fence. The section from Woodbus Fell to Black Burn Head is utterly hideous underfoot.agentmancuso27/07/2019
Anton14/05/2019
Two car linear walk with mae, Loch Tima to Jamestown. 13 hills, 9.5 hours. Very heavy going on ungrazed vegetation. No tree problems encountered (except where we diverted from route to utilise forest roads).jimbloomer27/09/2017
mae27/09/2017
Dave Geere13/03/2016
Colin Crawford12/06/2013