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| Name: | Rachan Hill |
| Hill number: | 5132 |
| Height: | 318m / 1043ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1870 Gathersnow Hill |
| RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| Donald area: | Culter Hills and Tinto |
| County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
| Catchment: | Tweed |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m), Subhump, Yeaman (Tu,3,sHu,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NT 12181 33926 |
| Summit feature: | ground in trees on SW side of track |
| Drop: | 97m |
| Col: | 221m NT 1189 3335  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 72 (1:25k) 336 |
| Observations: | ground in fort 120m WNW and 35m E of trig point at NT 12069 33976 is c 0.5m lower |
| Comments: | Deleted from Humps list January 2013. |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 33 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked in wide track entrance to NNE (NT 1223 3434). Followed good track out to edge of forest, then up across pasture. | jonglew | 15/03/2021 |
| parked track entrance off B712 up track for approx 400m at track junction, take rough track to the right, along to gate and up through field at side of the woods, cut into woodland before top saves going over BWF, top seems to be bump approx 20m East of the trig. | robertphillips | 06/02/2019 |
| Alan | Glenford | 28/11/2017 |
| Nice hill.Up from the north via forest track and then on to steep field. | ARM | 20/06/2015 |
| Lovely wee hill bagged while doing the trig. Well worth the slight effort. | BigJ | 12/10/2014 |
| Parked at start of zig zag track. Near end straight up steeply through the trees. Went down the north field which was much easier. | chrisbien | 17/04/2010 |
| Parking to the north. Up winding forest road till it straightens out, then right up slope to summit, a few yards east of trig point. | agentmancuso | 10/01/2009 |
| nice hill, hillfort. from NNW, pasture along pltn edge, early a.m. | RHW | 14/11/2004 |
| Graham Banks | 09/03/2024 | |
| stevent0809 | 08/03/2024 | |
| Gallovidian | 24/09/2022 | |
| Alan Whatley | 28/11/2017 | |
| Rod M | 29/11/2015 | |
| Lindsay M | 29/11/2015 | |
| Janet M | 29/11/2015 | |
| amcvey | 10/11/2015 | |
| ajwxyzt | 19/04/2015 | |
| carole engel | 26/09/2014 | |
| iaindbrown | 19/03/2014 | |
| irobbo | 17/03/2014 | |
| Martin R | 28/04/2013 | |
| Kiltie | 06/02/2013 | |
| bjewing | 06/01/2013 | |
| Ken_Stewart | 14/07/2012 | |
| Andrew Simmons | 19/11/2011 | |
| Sandman | 15/10/2011 | |
| chalky1953 | 29/09/2011 | |
| Vinnie | 31/08/2011 | |
| Moore100 | 26/02/2011 | |
| Sherlock | 24/07/2010 | |
| Colin Crawford | 21/10/2008 | |
| fasgadh | 18/09/2004 | |
| tomandivy | 18/05/2002 |