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Name:Minto Craigs
Hill number:14224
Height:224m / 735ft
Parent (Ma):1920  Pikethaw Hill
RHB Section:28B: The River Tweed to the English Border
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:NT 58002 20785
Summit feature:conical rock outcrop in grass
Drop:46m
Col:178m  NT577211  
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 19 users)ByDate of Ascent
From Denholm, Minto Hills, Minto Hills N Top, Troney Hill, Minto Craigs. All good going other than a section of the forest at Stobedge Wood.Tisteln04/02/2024
Parked to SE, just up into the track, room for 2-3 cars (NT 5851 2071). Castle first (a Peel Tower actually), then backtracked a short distance to pick up another track heading west for an easy route to large old cairn at summit.jonglew09/02/2022
Went to the castle first then took SSE bearing through the woods to HP. Curious summit outcrop almost man made.Andrew Simmons04/02/2021
From Ancrum on the bike which was left at the gate below the castle. Tricky to find the highpoint with all the rhododendron, but an easy way up is from the west, looping around in the path missing the castle - worth a visit. Very slippery mud everywhere. On to Troney Hill. Summit very curious, like a cairn almostfasgadh14/12/2020
P near start of track. Somebody left a campervan halfway up it blocking the track. Agree with Adrian.chrisbien08/08/2020
Worth taking a GPS along as there a few false summits in the woodland and undergrowth.Adrian04/08/2020
Room to park about three cars at bottom of track from Well Sykes to SE (NT 5852 2070). Once at track junction NT 5824 2097, best to fork right (avoiding castle). By NT 5813 2093 easy woodland - avoids windfall on Silverhows routecarole engel21/03/2020
Parked at NT585207 and followed good signed tracks to Fatlips Castle - very easy. Finding summit - about 200m WSW - was then much harder. Descended slightly NE and circled Fatlips a little anticlockwise to NT 58186 20935 where faint track led through trees and very rough ground up, down, and up to summit - a fairly large conical rocky outcrop sticking up through the grass - at NT 58002 20786 with view of Fatlips. Back the same way.silverhow19/05/2019
After the Borders XCamcvey04/02/2019
The Highpoint is large rock outcrop within a fenced wooded area of outcrops, trees and grass. The HP has a good view of Fatlips castle which is recently restored with the key to the tower apparently obtainable for a small fee from Tho B Olivers Garage in Denholm.Denise 21/01/2019
From Troney Hill along field / woodland edges. Summit has open woodland with various lumps, gullies and a castle. Distinct high point of conical rock outcrop, basalt?RichardM21/01/2019
Path to castle then dip through woods to grassy mini ridge and vague cairnColin Crawford15/03/2017
Set off to climb this just as the sun was going down, so the way up through the woods was decidedly spooky. Had a look round the outside of the castle too.agentmancuso27/07/2010
Biggerbagger01/02/2023
Dottie31/01/2023
Babybagger31/01/2023
Berkscire87426/04/2020
Lucky11/06/2018
maknipe11/06/2018