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| Name: | Roughbank Height |
| Hill number: | 13836 |
| Height: | 448m / 1470ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1920 Pikethaw Hill |
| RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Catchment: | Esk (Gretna) |
| Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
| Grid ref: | NY 35297 93649 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 62m |
| Col: | 386m NY349937  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 323N |
| Observations: | ground within 20m radius about as high |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 12 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| We parked in a handy spot just off the A7 at the start of the access road to Rigfoot. Walked up this road and from above Rigfoot itself took an ATV track through the legions of freshly planted conifers until about two-thirds the way up Roughbank Height. From here it's a plod through new plantation, heather and bracken, aided occasionally by trods. A similar story to Broad Head, with an ATV section to ease the knees. Onwards to the more straightforward Blackgrain Height, Faw Side and Rashiegrain Height then a detour northwards from the main ridge to take in Causewaygrain Head. From this point the ATV tracks run out and so it was a knee-deep wade & trudge through wet humpy veg all the way to White Hope Edge and back - not one for the uncommitted bagger! Once back at Rashiegrain Height things got relatively easy as its a mere fence follow to Pikethaw Hill, Frodaw Height, Dan's Hags and Stibbiegill Head, before dropping down to Meikledale and the joys of a tarmac finish. 6 hours total. | summitter | 23/10/2023 |
| See route for Pikethaw Hill | smocks and denims | 14/04/2022 |
| Park at Ewes village hall. Took the track to Rigfoot > ATV up the shoulder to the high point. | Andrew Simmons | 26/03/2022 |
| Parked at the first left bend above Jock's Hope. NNW up gully to Blackgrain Height, then Faw Side. Back across to Broad Head and Roughbank Height. Faint ATV tracks between Faw Side and Broad Head. Lots of new forestry planting. | PGCE | 11/03/2021 |
| Drove up past Burngrains to park at hairpin bend, good for 2-3 cars here (NY 3520 9474). Blackgrain Height -> Faw Side -> back to BH -> Broad Head -> Roughbank Height. Rough, pathless, mainly grass moorland between BH and RH. Then steep descent off RH back to car. | jonglew | 30/01/2021 |
| After Broad Head, finding vehicle ruts eventually, which missed high point to north. Down to village hall on A7 | Colin Crawford | 15/10/2018 |
| P Rigfoot - track to top the boggy ATV track mostly following fence to FS back to top of track then ATV track to BH then found track a little before pt 386 up to top of track then due S to RH. About 410m fences meet and a mostly lovely grassy track to car. | chrisbien | 12/07/2015 |
| After Broad Head, ATV track partway. Returned to saddle, up and contoured round to car on hairpin at NY343944 | RHW | 29/03/2014 |
| carole engel | 13/07/2018 | |
| Anton | 12/07/2018 | |
| Dave Geere | 14/03/2016 | |
| maknipe | 19/03/2014 |