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Name: | Thirl Moor |
Hill number: | 3546 |
Height: | 558m / 1831ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2302 The Cheviot |
RHB Section: | 33: The Scottish Border to the River Tyne |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Cheviots |
County/UA: | Northumberland |
Catchment: | Coquet |
Class: | Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Clem (Hu,Tu,5,Dew,Cm) |
Grid ref: | NT 80616 08376 |
Summit feature: | ancient cairn modified to shelter |
Drop: | 129m |
Col: | 429m NT797127 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 80 (1:25k) OL16E |
Observations: | cairn is 25m NE of trig point at NT 80593 08359 |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 93 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Road is tarmaced to 509m spot height so makes for a short there and back from there. | Alan Caine | 23/03/2024 |
Managed to drive to Pt 509, layby (NT797076) stile over fence, short rough grass to join ATV all the way to top. No militaria observed. | Isbjorn | 06/08/2022 |
Over the stile and picked up quad bike track to the summit. Super views from the top with minimal exertion. Nice to see familiar hills from a different angle. | Walker Dan | 18/04/2022 |
Red flags of Otterburn range not flying (weekend) so drove up the Coquetdale road to its public end at Chew green and parked (though tarmac continues, at least to col and gate was open). From col over heather and bog to obvious trig and summit. Returned same way. | Denise | 06/03/2022 |
From the range road to the SW. No firing today (We are told the range is usually open to walkers on weekends.) Summit trig and 3 large cairns protected by MOD fairy wands. | RichardM | 06/03/2022 |
Eight mile walk from parking at the head of the Coquet valley taking in Thirl moor, Ravens knowe and Brownhart law, three and half hours on a access day for MOD land. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 08/01/2022 |
Walked up the road from the parking area below Chew Green. Feint track to interesting multi-cairned summit area. Back the same way. Solo. There seems to be a non-firing weekend once a month. | Dangerous Dave | 19/09/2021 |
From road to SW. A convenient stile over the fence with room for a car off the road. Followed landrover tracks > Thirl Moor. | JohnR | 16/04/2021 |
Drove the 12 miles up College Valley and parked at the Lower Green Chew car park. Set off walking up the military road for the first mile before turning left at the fence stile and plodding across the boggy heather. I quickly found the Land Rover track which took me all the way to the top of Thirl Moor. There’s a couple of large piles of rocks and some old rusting pieces of metal. It was misty on top, so no views. I came back the same way and was back in the car in just under an hour. Total 2.9 miles. Short drive to Barrowburn for another hill. | JamesJones | 19/03/2021 |
Parked at Chew Green. Up the lane to the ridge, then soon found an ATV track to the summit. | PGCE | 10/12/2020 |
Brownhart Law, Ravens Knowe & Thirl Moor starting from CP at W end of public road(Chew Green). Mainly on grassy paths/tracks. A super wild/open area with good views for the most part. | ger | 20/07/2020 |
4/4 Dewey day. From car park near Chew Green at NT 794 085, visiting Brownhart Law, Greyhound Law, Hungry Law, Ravens Knowe and Thirl Moor. Less windy today but still very wet underfoot. A combination of the PW, forest roads and the ATV tracks aided progress. 21km with 570m ascent in 5h30m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 07/07/2020 |
Start ~ 794085, Chew Green. Non firing afternoon so walked up road to the top of the ridge and followed that to the trig. Weather drizzle with strong winds, with Wombourne. | steve hudson | 08/10/2019 |
Parked at GR 794085 near Chew Green Roman marching camp. Walked steeply up the road to the ridge then a short walk through heather to the trig point. A very strong wind made walking in a straight line difficult. With SH. | wombourne | 08/10/2019 |
Thirl Moor > Ravens Knowe > Brownhart Law from GR: NT 79441 08549 | ronaldo333 | 14/09/2019 |
Thirl Moor > Ravens Knowe > Brownhart Law from GR: NT 79441 08549 | Hippster | 14/09/2019 |
From NT 7979 0764; roads all drivable when red flags not flying. | jonglew | 08/09/2019 |
With K (RM waited in car). Parked at NT798077 (military road) and strolled along summit ridge. | Ashley | 20/04/2019 |
Received permission to bag this hill on the live firing range at Otterburn. Followed the instructions given. Weather was warm and mostly sunny but with a haze on the hills. Remains of about 5 sheep near the summit. Headed to Spithope bothy via chewgreen afterwards for lunch before bagging Brownhart Law again on way back to car. | NorthernWayfarer | 18/04/2019 |
After driving from Cottonshopeburnfoot over the range road, started up past Roman fort to Brownhart Law on the border. Then along very dry ground to Ravens Knowe meeting Pennine Wayers. From there small return then across range to Thirl Moor then back to car. Really great walk in the conditions. | SS | 26/05/2018 |
With Jo, track from road summit to west on a sunny, warm morning with good visibility. | amblerbob | 07/05/2018 |
Denied access to the hill by Otterburn Range Control. | NorthernWayfarer | 13/04/2018 |
Parked at Chew Green Car Park at 794085 - Up to top of MoD road & then NE, mainly along ATV tracks, to the trig point & summit cairn. Continued to Ravens Knowe. (PM) | gerrybowes | 13/01/2018 |
Parked at the end of this wild and isolated valley (792083). The tarmac road takes you easily to the col before heading NE to the summit. Headed to Ravens Knowe with GB. | bolton | 13/01/2018 |
On a non firing w/end. Drove up to col to SW, easy along quad tracks w Jenx and Bryher | nordicstar | 23/09/2017 |
An easy walk from the high point on the moor road. | jenx | 23/09/2017 |
From Brownhart Law. Stripped off for the steep climb - humid. Back to Makendon. | Wycombe Wanderer | 27/08/2017 |
Circuit. Blindburn - Yearning Law - refuge - Raeshaw Hill - Brownhart Law - Chew Green - Thirl Moor. Misty, Wet and wild conditions. | Moorponder | 15/07/2017 |
Pleasant amble from MoD road head, then returned and went in other direction to Ravens Knowe. | Aye Jimmy | 11/05/2016 |
From Carter Law as part of a 2-day backpack. | Alan Moore | 19/04/2016 |
My 2000th Tump | Dave Geere | 26/03/2016 |
A round from Chew Green carpark of Brownhart Law, Hungry Law, Ravens Knowe, Thirl Moor. Much of walk on either quod bike tracks or forest tracks. Footpaths and sheep trods covered most of rest. Section from Browhart Law to Hungry Law would be a nightmare in the wet but relatively dry (at moment) for most of that section but there was the odd bit of wet ground. Tried to cut down through the forest to save time but failed. Planting is newish (5 years old?) and difficult to move through. Followed track to NE of Heart's Toe then to NT77634/05894. New planting abuts old planting. Went up through old planting to Ravens Knowe. Good walking then all the way to Thirl Moor. Dropped down to old round sheep fold at NT80037/08666 and Up hillside to track slanting across the hillside. Followed to road and back to carpark. A good walk. | MikeM | 23/04/2015 |
With Iain Brown, Douglas law, Phil Cooper | vegibagger | 08/11/2014 |
Easy from MoD road.3 cairns n trig. | Adrian | 08/11/2014 |
Bagged with Phil Cooper, Iain Brown and Charles Vegibagger Everett. | Dugswell2 | 08/11/2014 |
Park at 798076 on (now) tarred bridal track. Watch out for red flags. | arranc | 11/06/2014 |
On own. Circular walk from Buckhams Bridge CP - Thirl Moor - Fulhope Edge - Whar Moor - Bell Hill - Tindale Law and back along road 12 miles, 2400ft 6 hours. Ranges closed for lambing so great chance for an extended wander on these hills - saw no-one else all day. | Crib Goch | 06/05/2014 |
Up from high point on road. | stan toon | 26/08/2012 |
from chew green road.no military artifacts apart from 
a rusty esbit solid fuel cooker. | Deedubr | 18/08/2012 |
This hill must be climbed outside of the army shooting times. I put my tent up alongside the Barrowburn road close to the cattle grid, set off at 6am and made a beeline straight up the hillside aiming for the top. Once about half way up a good path is picked up leading straight to the summit. Took me slightly under an hour up and down. | moorsman | 16/08/2012 |
From layby to SW. No 'Keep Out' signs. No red flags flying. Stroll over bits and pieces of tracks - some heather. | destaylor | 22/06/2012 |
From pt509. Thirl Moor then Ravens Knowe. | chrisbien | 04/06/2012 |
From lay-by at summit of tarmac military road at NT 79781 07634. No flags flying. Easy ascent on vague tracks. | David Gradwell | 28/03/2010 |
very early this morning prior to firing - I get up earlier than the squadiess - looks like an interesting top but thick mist | gigglejon | 24/03/2010 |
Used MTB for large loop of Hills. Very sunny and warm. So hot I took my cycle shorts off and bagged the summit unbagged! Trig point about 3 feet lower then large cairn. If using car, park at highest section of road near point 509. Check firing times! | Jhimmy | 20/04/2009 |
Evening drive up with Darren in his campervan after round of Wool Meath to Cater Fell. | Chris Pearson | 14/07/2007 |
Cheviots Dewey bagging: Blindburn - Thirl Moor (stony summit) - Ravens Knowe - Hungry Law - Brownhart Law - Beefstand Hill - Windy Gyle - Lint Lands - Bloodybush Edge - Yarnspath Law - Shillhope Law - Blindburn | RHW | 03/01/1998 |
Make sure you phone Otterburn Range Control to check if firing in the area before you set off. I was told there was a low chance of finding unexploded ordnance in that area but that was 13 years ago. | andy | 04/09/1993 |
Matt | 11/02/2023 | |
IainT | 21/12/2022 |