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Name: | Arkleton Hill |
Hill number: | 1926 |
Height: | 521m / 1709ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1918 Roan Fell |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Catchment: | Esk (Gretna) |
Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Submarilyn, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,5,DDew,sMa,Y) |
Grid ref: | NY 40515 92187 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground near fence junction |
Drop: | 146m |
Col: | 375m NY421937 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 323N 324 |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 64 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Parked in large lay-by 100m south of the Mosspeeble entrance. Road goes around the house and horse paddocks and uphill. Visited Hartrith Rig then wide mown track took us to the foot of the hill. Up by fence to boggy flat summit. With Jill. | Dangerous Dave | 21/11/2023 |
With L | Janet M | 22/10/2023 |
Parking in large layby on E side of A7 100m S of start of track to Mosspeeble (NY379934). Grass track up S siide of Mosspeeble Burn to second bield, then rough veg to third bield, from which a thin An Tk goes directly and steeply up until it fizzles out in tough veg. Intermittent ATV track on other side of fence to the S, to the top of Arkleton Hill (several MEBs) then NE along ridge (wild goats). Tough veg down to join ATV track on Linns Knowe, all the way up Pike Fell, and along to White Hill then zig zag down, SW, to Mosspeeble. | Isbjorn | 09/04/2023 |
Parked in lay-by off A7 at NY 37391 93311. Took the lane past Mosspeeble, then track up SE to where it expired. Then climbed the escarpment from a sheepfold at NY 40045 92767 onto the plateau and across peat hags to the summit. Then followed an ATV track NNE almost to the top of Pike Fell. Then ATV track down Brecken Shank and by the burn to join outward route. With AT and JT. 10.4km, with 555m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 21/01/2023 |
Parked at layby just before the turn to Mosspeeble. upto Hartrith Rig. then on to Arkleton Hill, Pike Fell, Mid Hill, Cockplay Hill, Salter Grain Hill, White Hill, then on to the Trig point. descend the to the West and pick up the main path back to the start. | smocks and denims | 11/02/2022 |
From the south. Parked by bridge 600 metres before Cooms farm. Road past farm then through gate on good grassy quadbike track up to ridge then reasonable path most of the way to flat summit area. Much better than expected, not many tussocks. | alda | 25/11/2021 |
Circuit of 5 summits from the layby near the entrance to Mosspeeble. Up the main track, then ATV right, then up alongside fence. 2/5 | PGCE | 12/03/2021 |
As others from Mosspeebles but made the mistake of heading left which didn't lead to any easier ground. Followed fence down and picked up atv track to north of Bloody Cleuch which improved as it descended. Not one I'd do again! | SS | 18/10/2020 |
Parked in the layby on the A7, just S of the road to MossPeeble. Followed the track on the S of the MossPeeble Burn, going right on an ATV track further along, which ended at NY39778 92701. Followed animal tracks uphill over moss, grass and short heather, almost to the summit. Peat haggs on the final flat section. Good view point. On to Pike Fell. | LizH | 02/10/2020 |
Round of 6 hills from Mosspeeble, parking layby E side A7 (NY 3792 9329): Hartrith Rig -> Arkleton Hill -> Pike Fell -> Cockplay Hill -> Salter Grain Hill -> White Hill. Slightly unexpected 800m ascent. | jonglew | 18/11/2019 |
Parked in layby 100m W. of entrance to Mosspeeble - Up to end of vehicle track & then along ATV track & faint path to gate in fence/wall at 398926 - Up S. side of fence to unmarked summit, making use of available sheep trods; boggy groughs final 100m or so. (S) | gerrybowes | 26/04/2019 |
From Hartrith Rigg on circuit, easy for first km on wide grassy tracks (horsey exercising?) then steep hillside. Disappointingly vague summit. | Aye Jimmy | 08/01/2019 |
As Jen says, nice circuit | nordicstar | 19/12/2017 |
C/W round of white hill, salter grain hill, pike fell, arkleton hill, hartrith rig, from A7 layby near mosspeeble, nice sunny frosty day. | robertphillips | 09/12/2017 |
Circuit of White Hill trig and top, Saltergrain Hill, Pike Fell and Arkleton Hill. Fine day. With Rick and Bryher, plus Rob for first two. | jenx | 29/10/2017 |
Pleasant circuit on bright day | Denise | 03/02/2017 |
On round of the Mosspeeble valley. Interesting land slip on W slope of hill. Summit plateau of rough grass / heather on peat. | RichardM | 03/02/2017 |
Cycled from Mosspeeble three parts of the way. Hard work across the top. | Eddie | 02/03/2016 |
Hartrith Rig, Arkleton Hill, Pike Fell, Mid Hill, Cockplay Hill, Salter Grain Hill, White Hill from Mosspeeble. Covering of snow on Arkleton Hill, Pike Fell, little wind and became brighter as day progressed. | RobertP | 30/11/2015 |
See Pike Fell. | Campbell Singer | 22/11/2015 |
From Cooms. Over bridge then grassy and boggy track to the top. | chrisbien | 05/09/2015 |
Bagged trig first with Phil Cooper then White Hill TUMP, Salter Grain Hill, Pike Fell and Arkleton Hill after parking near Mosspeeble. | Dugswell2 | 07/11/2014 |
From Ewe Hall via Hog Fell, on to Pike Fell | agentmancuso | 01/06/2012 |
dullish peaty summit & view. from A7 layby via Mosspeeble, good tk to 394930; a/cw circuit via Y & TP | RHW | 16/02/2003 |
Solo as part of the Capricorn C class. | mikejacobs | 19/07/1997 |
Jill Robertson | 21/11/2023 | |
Lindsay M | 22/10/2023 | |
Fletch | 20/04/2023 | |
interloper | 20/04/2023 | |
Sprog | 21/01/2023 | |
Rambling Ray | 14/05/2022 | |
Gallovidian | 10/04/2022 | |
Berkscire874 | 02/06/2021 | |
PeterAH | 02/10/2020 | |
muzzatron | 04/11/2018 | |
AndyS | 28/12/2017 | |
Tom Mundell | 16/12/2017 | |
Trekking toes | 16/12/2017 | |
bjewing | 04/06/2017 | |
Alan Moore | 25/10/2016 | |
iaindbrown | 14/09/2016 | |
carole engel | 28/07/2016 | |
irobbo | 09/06/2016 | |
BaggerGutt | 30/03/2016 | |
cumbria mammoth | 17/03/2016 | |
Dave Geere | 21/11/2015 | |
Anton | 23/05/2015 | |
mae | 29/07/2014 | |
Pete R | 27/02/2014 | |
chalky1953 | 25/07/2013 |