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| Name: | Nags Head |
| Hill number: | 2731 |
| Height: | 678m / 2224ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Westmorland and Furness, Durham |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Tyne (Newcastle), Wear |
| Watershed: | Tynemouth, Wearmouth |
| Class: | Deleted Nuttall (xN) |
| Grid ref: | NY 79351 40878 |
| Summit feature: | heathery knoll |
| Drop: | 10m |
| Col: | 668m NY793407  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 86 87 (1:25k) OL31W |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 125 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Killhope Cross, along the fence. After Knoutberry Hill. | PGCE | 25/01/2023 |
| Circular walk from parking at Killhope Cross. Down to old workings, Priorsdale, Little Gill Hush, Burnhope Seat hp & trig, Dead Stones, Nags Head and Knoutberry Hill. Overcast, misty at times. With Gillian, Graham and Selwyn | richard69 | 14/11/2021 |
| With Kay, out and back from Killhope Cross to Dead Stones, about 8k in total. Going was excellent after the dry weather, 2 hrs return. | PDR365 | 22/09/2021 |
| From pt 627 (Killhope Cross) on the A689. Not as bad as it could have been. The mapped track on the E side of the wall, isnt. A promising thin rough path on the W side of the wall becomes intermittent, interspersed with oodles of lurid yellow-green bog, hags and self-levelling lakes of black peat. Sections of good going keep spirits up. Not sure which is worse a) the next 50 m of fence ahead receding infinitely into fog or b) the fog lifting and exposing the full horror of the distance to cover. High P nice weather? pah! Cold wind, low cloud and mizzle, drizzle, rain, all day - its a Bank Holiday! | Isbjorn | 29/08/2021 |
| With Sue and NB from parking area at Kilhope Cross, follow border boundary line to Knoutberry, Nags Head and Dead Stones. Surprisingly dry. Came back followed fence and followed West side from Knoutberry on better ground to start. | Frank | 01/06/2021 |
| From parking area at Kilhope Cross - on A689 - a walk following fence/wall southwards to (Knoutberry Hill and) Nags Head. | RobB | 18/04/2021 |
| Burnhope Reservoir - Cowshill - Killhope - Knoutberry Hill - Nag's Head - Dead Stones - Burnhope Seat (both summits) - Burnhope Reservoir> Sunny, frozen ground, no wind | Gary Heath | 10/04/2021 |
| See Route for Dead Stones. | smocks and denims | 10/03/2021 |
| Walked along from Knoutberry hill. Visited the crosses just off summit. Then made way to summit. No cairn or marker. | 2510chris | 26/02/2021 |
| From high point on road to north. Mist and murk. Luckily much of the ground was frozen. With Bryher. | jenx | 28/11/2020 |
| From Killhope summit A689 via Knoutberry Hill and return | Neil Midgley | 09/09/2020 |
| From Knoutberry Hill. Atrocious terrain. On to Dead Stones. | Wycombe Wanderer | 09/09/2020 |
| From Knoutberry | Jim T | 29/08/2020 |
| With Andy after Knoutberry | colinfielding | 24/08/2020 |
| From Knoutberry Hill following the fence. With Colin. | Andrew Pearson | 24/08/2020 |
| from Killhope Cross, then on to Dead Stones | jef | 10/08/2020 |
| Parking area at bottom of ski slope. Up past ski lift to BurnhopeSeat trig. Then out and back to Harwood Common and out and back to Dead Stones and Nags Head. Lots of boggy ground, peat hags and tussocks. Made sure of Burnhope Seat on return and the cairn. Some views over to Cross and tghe Dun fells but hazy. Bit of a slog. | mart0797 | 25/07/2019 |
| From parking spot at Killhope Cross. Followed fenceline south to Dead Stones, picking up several HB and non-HB tops. Then due east to Dead Stones E Top and Highwatch Currick (both non-HB hills). Lot of wet ground and masses of peak hags after couple of days of rain. | jonglew | 06/03/2019 |
| Yad Moss to Killhope Cross with Joe. | John Lee | 13/06/2018 |
| Knoutberry Hill > Nags Head North Top > Nags Head (Old top - 673m spot ht) > Nags Head > Dead Stones > Dead Stones East Top (Scurraberry) > Highwatch Currick from GR: NY 79938 43225 | ronaldo333 | 26/05/2018 |
| With Jo, from Killhope Cross. Followed fence to Knoutberry Hill and Nag's Head on a sunny, warm day with good visibility. | amblerbob | 19/05/2018 |
| CW circuit of Flinty Fell, Nags Head, Dead Stones & Burnhope Seat, starting from Ashgill Bridge - fine weather - a bit too hot! Visited the crosses @ NY 79573 41686. | ger | 06/05/2018 |
| Picked up en route to Burnhope Seat after parking at head of Weardale valley on A689 and running here. Fairly uninteresting 'summit'. | madaddo | 16/07/2017 |
| Parking area at the Cumbria/Durham border on the A689 then relatively dry moorland plod over Knoutberry Hill, Nags Head to Dead Stones and bag in around 2 hours. Sunny but windy at times. | Dugswell2 | 01/07/2017 |
| With G. & others. Repeat of 16/03/2016. Nenthead > Black Hill > Three Counties Boundary (NY 800 441) > Killhope Cross > Knoutberry Hill > Nag's Head via old crosses > Dead Stones > Nenthead via Priorsdale & lead mines. | RT1970 | 22/06/2017 |
| From parking area at the Cumbria/Durham border on the A689 en route to Burnhope Seat. Boggy in patches but a reasonably dry spell meant progress was reasonably quick and simple. Summit near to fence on Durham side. | muzza2 | 06/04/2017 |
| With G. & others. Nenthead > Black Hill > Three Counties Boundary (NY 800 441) > Killhope Cross > Knoutberry Hill > Nag's Head via old crosses > Dead Stones > Nenthead via Priorsdale & lead mines. | RT1970 | 16/03/2016 |
| From Killhope Cross. Ground frozen solid - easy. | mae | 29/02/2016 |
| From parking area at Killhope Cross to the north, and via Knoutberry Head. Ground was reasonably dry, but gets rougher and would be interesting if wet! There would now appear to be a few stones marking the summit. | Fisky Boy | 10/09/2015 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 10/09/2015 |
| From road to the north, via Knoutberry Hill. Followed earlier tips and used wellies - glad I did. Ground was mercifully frozen about 2 inches below the surface - the walk would have been horrendous otherwise. Another top I will never return to. | Crib Goch | 03/03/2013 |
| From road head at KillhopehEad, as Webmaster. Semi dry, August, but went in wellies. Hill to Knoutberry Ok, but on to and over Nags Head is desperately boggy. Wellies good choice. On over to Dead Stones and its fine howf. Back same way in fine weather. | nordicstar | 09/08/2012 |
| Cold, Wet | andying | 07/01/2012 |
| KeithByTheC | 12/10/2011 | |
| 6th of 7 'tops' on anticlockwise round of head of Weardale from Cowshill. Thankfully easier ground than west of Killhope summit so reached top 30 mins after being on Knoutberry Hill. | signyred | 25/08/2011 |
| With Eire. | Dangerous Dave | 15/05/2011 |
| En route to Dead Stones | webmaster | 17/03/2010 |
| Deep snow and no obvious top | peebs | 22/02/2010 |
| petey | 11/08/2009 | |
| Solo Nordic Skiing. Killhope Cross to Knoutberry Hill, Nags Head & Dead Stones then return, including Killhope Law. A fine Nordic Skiing day. | Vin | 13/02/2009 |
| Second ascent. | thenomad | 01/10/2008 |
| from nenthead up to deadstones. followed drystone wall. | Loz_mck | 01/08/2007 |
| With Jo, circular walk from Nenthead: By road to Dykeheads, then track and bridleway to The Dodd, south over rough ground to Killhope Cross onto Knoutberry Hill, Nags Head, Dead Stones, west past Hunters Cleugh onto Flinty Fell, descending through Dowgang Hush. Weather; high cloud, cool breeze, good visibility. | amblerbob | 08/10/2006 |
| Another insignificant hill done from near Nent Head on way to Dead Stones. | Aye Jimmy | 13/04/1996 |
| En route on ridge walk Knoutberry Hill - Dead Stones | Moorponder | 01/08/1992 |
| from Knoutberry to Deadstones. | arranc | 06/05/1990 |
| With Wol | beorwulf | 26/01/1986 |
| From Priorsdale, Nags Head and Dead Stones | PeterD | 31/03/1984 |
| With Mike C and John C from Killhope Cross | Alan Moore | 26/05/1979 |
| mcbiydw2 | 11/04/2023 |