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Name:Craigmaid
Hill number:5110
Height:553m / 1814ft
Parent (Ma):1835  Hart Fell
RHB Section:28B: The River Tweed to the English Border
Donald area:Moffat Hills
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,5,DDew,Y)
Grid ref:NT 07497 17775
Summit feature:no feature: ground 50m ENE of trig point
Drop:101m
Col:452m  NT086164  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 78
(1:25k) 330
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 49 users)ByDate of Ascent
Round of 4 Hills with Alex and jonathan from tweedhopefoot. Misty with rain and wind increasing through daycjo17/02/2024
A reasonable 4 top circuit given the dreary weather conditions today, done in good company and high spirits alongside Chris and Jonathan.Alex C17/02/2024
Parking for one at track start (NT048170). Followed forest roads to about NT060176, then used extraction lane to Bught Shank.Isbjorn02/09/2023
7th for the day with D.Dave. Clear and sunny and ground still frozen mid afternoon. Headed south to Foal Burn Head.bolton02/01/2023
Came over from Whitehope Heights via Whitehope Knowe, Barncourse Knowe & Ballaman Hill. This would have been a very wet route if not for the frozen ground. With bolton. My first new Hump of 2023!Dangerous Dave02/01/2023
From Badentree following the fence to the summit.JAdair9717/08/2022
From the Fruid dam, up to and over the smaller dam, then on to the summit via the Hawkshaw castle remains. Descended again over Whitelaw Brae and on to my 4th Hump of the day, Whiteside Hill. Some atv tracks usable.NormanW11/02/2022
From large layby at Tweedhopefoot (NT 0525 1776). Tweedhopefoot Rig and Onweather Hill first. From there descended ENE easily through mature conifers to a ford, picked up good logging road running ESE then up Mucle Green Cleuch. On to Badentree Hill for a pleasant 7 mile round albeit over some tricky ground in places.jonglew03/12/2021
Bagging the trig. Even spotted an OS Pivot on summit rock.BigJ08/06/2021
Parked at the reservoir car park for a circuit of 4 Tumps. Over dam then along track before heading left over stream, fence and gate into summit field. ATV track to Glengonnor Hill. Onwards to Badentree Hill, Craigmaid (trig and summit) and The Bank.PGCE22/03/2021
Parked at the end of the forest track to the SE at NT1487 1703. (Gate, though open, had a padlock, and was locked later.) Followed the track around and turned right on the minor track up the Glencraigie Burn. Three small fords on the track were easy to cross, though I guess they could be deeper in heavy rain. Left the track by a grassy area at NT06901 17142, approx. 20m after a tributary runs under the track. Inside the forest, moved up and right through mature trees to a wide break at NT06948 17209. Pleasant walking up this break on good flat ground to emerge at NT07129 17594, then rough grass along a fence line to the summit. (Would have been possible to exit the forest earlier by following a crosswise ride, however walking inside the forest was so easy underfoot that we chose not to.) Returned the same way.LizH03/08/2020
Parking area by the Fruid Dam at NT 0892 2056 - Over dam & continued to end of road & bridge over sluice - Along the N. & W. side of enclosure where picked up ATV track to corner of wood - ATV track around edge of wood to fence line in col & then ATV track for much of the way up to the unmarked summit - Path alongside fence to trig point. (S)gerrybowes17/07/2020
From reservoir across to the remains of Hawkshaw Castle (ancestral home of the Porteus family from the cairn) then along rough track to fence then up to and along 'ridge' to summit and then trig point. Returned by the same way. Certainly no issue with social distancing here as the world closes down.SS22/03/2020
Hp unmarked a short distance from trig at fence junction within rough sheep pasture. From Bught Shank and onto Onweather Hill, better terrain than expected.Denise 08/07/2019
Circuit from Fruid Reservoir car park. Whiteside Hill, Glengonnor Hill. The Bank (also visiting other nearby tops within 330m contours) camping overnight near summit, Craigmaid, Badentree Hill.RobertP16/06/2019
Drove up forestry tracks then through trees to open ground.robertphillips08/04/2016
Revisited during six Tump round.Colin Crawford22/09/2015
Parked at Fruid dam. Mostly used faint tracks through the grass - Glack Knowe - Whitelaw Brae - Craigmaid.chrisbien03/01/2011
Easy circuit from Fruid Reservoir car parkagentmancuso14/10/2007
45m NE of trigjimbloomer12/09/2007
rough moorland, decent view, many more trees to SW than shown on my old 1976 LR78. no gate, roughish driveable track from 048170 to 068171, follow burn then ride to open moorland RHW13/11/2005
Graham Banks16/03/2024
Minto17/02/2024
stevent080928/05/2023
interloper12/11/2022
JFT_9601/10/2020
Tom Mundell27/09/2020
Trekking toes27/09/2020
Rambling Ray29/08/2020
PeterAH03/08/2020
AndyS30/12/2019
RichardM08/07/2019
Lindsay M03/11/2018
Dave Geere26/05/2017
bjewing23/04/2017
Martin R10/03/2017
carole engel11/08/2016
Anton29/05/2016
Alan Whatley28/04/2016
mae25/08/2015
iaindbrown13/02/2015
irobbo30/07/2014
Kiltie05/03/2013
Andrew Simmons30/12/2012
chalky195318/02/2009
Alan Moore12/10/2008
Fletch29/01/2006
fasgadh23/01/2005
Colin Crawford12/12/2004