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Name: | Black Meldon |
Hill number: | 5090 |
Height: | 407m / 1335ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1817 Wether Law |
RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
Catchment: | Tweed |
Class: | Hump, Tump (400-499m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,4,Y) |
Grid ref: | NT 20614 42503 |
Summit feature: | cairn inside hill fort |
Drop: | 107m |
Col: | 300m NT197426 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 73 (1:25k) 337 |
Survey: | obvious summit |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 132 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
from minor road to east parking at information point | BLACKHILL | 06/10/2023 |
up the grassy path through the bracken, from near the toilet block. | Hirta | 22/09/2023 |
1/4 Black Meldon from the Toilet Block, back down and then White Meldon, Hamilton Hill and South Head Hill as a nice circuit on other side of the road. A pretty Glen lots of campers and a lot of rubbish unfortunately people not bothering to tidy up. | nickywood1 | 04/09/2023 |
From grass parking 100 yards S of old toilet block. Easy paths up both White and Black Meldon, although the stile with barbed wire giving access to the bracken forest on Black Meldon requires care. On to the West Top of Black Meldon, with a small cairn near its summit. Enjoyable | Nick Down1 | 18/06/2023 |
A round trip from the old public toilets west of White Meldon to South Hill Head and over to Black Meldon and its SW top. Easy walking. | sclater | 16/03/2023 |
Good parking at the old toilet block (NT 2124 4286). Nice grassy track leads directly to the top. On to Hamildean Hill via a couple of sub-tumps (Black Meldon N Top and Hamildean Fort), then on to Wide Hope Shank via 2 more sub-tumps (Hamildean Hill N top and Stevenson Hill), and finally Crailzie Hill. | jonglew | 04/03/2023 |
Good parking by the derelict toilet block. Over road bridge to south then over gate. Track to summit. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 27/12/2022 |
Round of Crailzie, WHS, Hamildean and Black Meldon from Meldon CP. Followed the marked tracks past Harehope Rings and on to the ridge. Found 7 BMs on the round. There is a new fence on the back slopes of the Black Meldon which needed surmounting. Great views of Lyne and the White Meldon. | BigJ | 06/06/2022 |
Black and then White Meldon. | callumorr | 15/01/2022 |
From the old toilets up to Crailzie Hill, then Wide Hope Shank. Over both the summits on Black Meldon then easily down a winding track back to the car. | NormanW | 04/01/2022 |
11:00, cloud base 1000', 6 degrees, calm. From picnic area to SE. | Wycombe Wanderer | 28/12/2021 |
A Meldon Round (from parking at old toilet block) to include White Meldon, South Hill Head and Black Meldon. | RobB | 10/08/2021 |
From car park at NT 21251 42827. Up White Meldon. Then across to South Hill Head and Hamilton Hill. North up the Cross Borders Drove Road to the road then back along road/forest track with an ascent of Black Meldon to round off the day. | Fife Walking | 16/05/2021 |
From parking at the closed toilets, easy path on a sunny morning. | N.Morters | 17/09/2020 |
Solo. Parked at NT210416. Circuit of South Hill Head (the name used on OS maps), White Meldon and Black Meldon.A beautiful sunny day with a light breeze. | pwbellarby | 08/09/2019 |
First hill of the morning on a very enjoyable day out from Edinburgh. | Alex C | 02/08/2019 |
Sprawling cairn and ancient hill fort. Steep ascent. Popular picnic and wild camping area in valley below. Information Board says this valley has been in near constant use by humans since 5000bc | Denise | 08/07/2019 |
Straight up from the Road to the east | vegibagger | 07/07/2019 |
Very pleased to bag this 15 years after White Meldon. Started from picnic spot to ESE. Had to use hands and knees to get up first steep bank (too steep for crutches) | GordonAdshead | 06/07/2019 |
As Ramblingpaul. | Campbell Singer | 06/07/2019 |
Good path up from the ne through the bracken. | Barbara Singer | 06/07/2019 |
From the car park area just S of the disused toilet block. Over the stile at the gate, and up the path through the bracken. Various track options higher up, but easy ground to the summit. Good views. | LizH | 05/07/2019 |
Steep pull from old toilet block | cjo | 05/07/2019 |
Round of Black Meldon, Hamildean, WHS and Crailzie from Meldon CP. Easy path up to summit. | Topographer57 | 10/10/2018 |
From layby, following distinct track up centre of hill. Fantastic views from top | Ramblingpaul | 07/06/2018 |
From the car park by disused toilets. Nice hill. | RobertP | 26/08/2017 |
After Cademuir Hill | hillsman | 18/04/2017 |
up from the cp. | robertphillips | 22/06/2016 |
Quick thrash up from carpark Eddleston Rd, after Dunslair. Pleasant walk | Thearlaichdubh | 27/12/2015 |
Circuit from S car park. | jimbloomer | 11/02/2015 |
with White Meldon(qv) | pwheeler | 13/09/2014 |
From the now-closed toilets car park. | Minto | 02/08/2014 |
Camped nearby, walked up and down Black Meldon, then up and down White Meldon. Bagged Ben Nevis for the first time the day before but had to head until the Southern Uplands after a terrible weather forecast in the Highlands the night before. | DanTrig | 11/06/2014 |
Run from Peebles (D&P wedding) | richardsun | 30/11/2013 |
Walked from Peebles over Hamilton Hill and White Meldon. | russell61 | 15/02/2013 |
From road to ENE, simple ascent on grass. Lots of evidence of summer camping near road. Dry with occasional sunshine, 20 degrees C. | Dugswell2 | 20/08/2012 |
W Jenx, circuit of White and Black Meldon from picnic spot to south following rough paths. Steady going and great views | nordicstar | 12/12/2011 |
sprawling cairn, grassy summit, down agian just before a heavy shower. From E, popular camping spot | RHW | 18/07/2010 |
Parked opposite the toilet block. | chrisbien | 23/05/2010 |
Camping at Rosetta | ZanderH | 09/07/2009 |
Ample parking to NE. | agentmancuso | 28/07/2002 |
Black Meldon Race | stever | 28/09/1997 |
Hill race the day after Two Breweries race. | summitsup | blank |
Both Meldons same day. Can't remember which I did first. With H. | harristhedog | blank |
A Peckish | 14/01/2023 | |
beckybags | 14/01/2023 | |
Fletch | 02/12/2022 | |
interloper | 02/12/2022 | |
dexly | 12/10/2022 | |
Chris Mac | 02/05/2022 |