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Name: | Bowbeat Rig Head |
Hill number: | 7294 |
Height: | 584.9m / 1919ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1802 Blackhope Scar |
RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
Donald area: | Moorfoot Hills |
County/UA: | Scottish Borders, Midlothian |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Musselburgh), Tweed |
Watershed: | Firth of Forth, Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Tweedmouth |
Class: | Unclassified (Un) |
Grid ref: | NT 28515 47430 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground NW of track junction |
Drop: | 18.9m |
Col: | 566m NT 2878 4710 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 73 (1:25k) 337 |
Observations: | lower ground 60m E at NT 28566 47433 is a candidate for natural summit |
Comments: | Deleted Subdodd May 2023 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 123 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Blackhope Scar and the Moorfoots. Walkhighlands route | hummusg | 04/02/2024 |
From the hillwalkers carpark by gladhouse res. Then round of hills in generally heavy rain, bog underfoot and a timeshigh winds. | cjo | 09/12/2023 |
From Gladhouse Reservoir. Hirendean Hill, the Kipps, Blackhope Scar, Bowbeat, Dundreich, Jeffries Corse. Good views from Dundreich but boots sodden. | TRG318 | 27/09/2023 |
Parked at Gladhouse Reservoir and headed south up the valley to this hill and then the peak. | SootAndShale | 10/08/2023 |
From Gladhouse Reservoir parking near Moorfoot Farm. The Kipps,Blackhope Scar,Browbeat,Dundreich, Jeffrey Corse. | Longwojo | 05/05/2023 |
Good parking area just inside entrance to Blackhope Farm (NT 3480 5244). Followed excellent track up to Torfichen Hill first, then Huntly Cot Hills then onto Blackhope Scar then Bowbeat Rig Head. A long walk there and back. | curlebd | 01/05/2023 |
Morfoots trip for high point project | ryancomet | 25/03/2023 |
Blackhope Scar circuit from Gladhouse. 
3 of 6 | thekirkie pirate | 17/03/2023 |
From the WNW, parking area for 2-3 cars 100m N of Cottage Bank (NT 24455 48132). Farm access road to Boreland then track up to Dundreich then Jeffries Corse. From there a near enough direct line S over rough tussocky ground to mapped windfarm road. On to Bowbeat Hill, Hog Knowes and return for a 10mile round. | jonglew | 20/02/2023 |
Did a trio of Moorfoot Donalds starting near Moorfoot Farm. Not too bad underfoot for September - could be awful though. | jigglybones | 18/09/2022 |
From Bowbeat Hill on way through Wind farm to Dundreich. | PeterD | 15/05/2022 |
Down from Bowbeat Hill. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 26/04/2022 |
Followed the track from Jeffries Corse NT to the windfarm. Top was next to a turbine. | JAdair97 | 16/04/2022 |
Parking at start of private road (NT329423), NW on forest tracks to junction at NT278472, then SE to join Bowbeat windfarm new road network - Bowbeat Hill, Bowbeat Rig Head and return same way - a long, long way of tracks. Windfarm signs suggest there is an East access road, but not shown on my map, so didn't risk it | Isbjorn | 16/11/2021 |
As others from Eddleston via Boreland & the track to Dundreich. Very wet & misty. Soggy tramp over to Bowbeat Hill & Emly Bank. Back by same route to dry out. | NotReallyABagger | 05/10/2021 |
Trail Run, cold windy, wet, boggy | Huwel | 13/12/2020 |
From Eddleston. Nice approach. Dundreich, Jeffries Corse, Across the bog and windfarm roads to Browbeat, then dropped down to forest tracks. Headed out via Cardon Law. With B and R. | jenx | 08/10/2020 |
3 of 5: From Bowbeat Hill. With Karen. | ChrisR | 08/09/2020 |
Nothing but windmills | Lewis | 06/09/2020 |
En route to Bowbeat Hill. Old map I was using didn't have the wind farm tracks. | benalder284 | 10/12/2017 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 13/08/2017 |
Between second and third. Nearly missed it. | Play2End | 05/02/2017 |
6th hill of 11 today on a challenging route from Peebles to Leadburn via Venn Law, Maisingland hill, Whitelaw edge, Cardron Law, Hog Knowes and then down through forest and up with a touch of scrambling to access wind farm tracks. I took a video of the blades moving and 'whooshing' through the air. Summit on or close to one of the tracks. | Dazingdale | 05/05/2016 |
Moorfoot round. Hate to say it, but the turbine access roads make life easier round here. | ngthack | 12/09/2015 |
Walk from Gladhouse Reservoir for a round to Blackhope Scar. Quite rough under foot in parts, windfarm tracks further round were helpful, but would rather not have the farms personally. | nickywood1 | 04/05/2015 |
Solo. After ascending Blackhope Scar. Descended towards Bowbeat Hill using wind farm tracks once I got to the wind farm. Summit of Bowbeat Hill does not have a cairn and is away from fence junction where I had thought the summit would be. Joined wind farm track again to go to Bowbeat Rig Head. I think highest point is a little to the east of the track. Carried on to Dundreich. | pwbellarby | 28/01/2014 |
Windfarm track passes high point | Arte Et Labore | 06/11/2011 |
With Darren from Edd;leston -rough tusocks after Jeffries Corse -very roughbhether to lovely (i.e easy walking) on track of new wind farm -big turbines up close. Sick making looking from below at the turning blades! Awkward forest to fight through dead mole. down and up over Hog Knowes- . Out of forest and nice easy running descent into Longcote Burn. Camped below White Meldon | Chris Pearson | 05/08/2011 |
Circuit of Dundreich and Bowbeat Hill. Wind turbines really majestic close up. | andy | 03/07/2010 |
During round of Donalds towards Dundreich. | Anton | 01/06/2010 |
KeithByTheC | 09/09/2009 | |
Route to Bowbeat Hill. | smocks and denims | 03/01/2009 |
From Moorfoot, Dundreich, Bowbeat, Blackhope Scar and return by track. Some boggy sections. | Victor | 04/04/2006 |
Donald round from Jeffries Corse North Top to Blackhope Scar. | Eddie | 12/06/1993 |
Fortunately, I was dropped off at the south side of Gladhouse Reservoir, the car park has not yet been reopened by the water company after COVID and also there were lots of “warning plague” messages (which I assume had been put up during the height of lockdown by the villagers) as you entered Moorfoot but all was well. Up to Blackhope Scar, shrouded in mist, and then through the windfarm (ignoring the “No unauthorised personnel” signs). Bowbeat Rig Head is pretty insignificant being bang in the middle of the wind farm. By the time I got to Dundreich the cloud had gone and there were 360 degree views of Edinburgh, Fife and the Pentland hills. | tsharp | blank |
anguscow | 02/02/2023 | |
fedupofuserids | 13/11/2022 | |
Jim B | 28/10/2022 | |
scoob | 10/09/2022 | |
Fi | 10/09/2022 | |
Lucky | 25/08/2022 | |
maknipe | 24/08/2022 | |
Wycombe Wanderer | 12/08/2022 | |
Berkscire874 | 22/06/2022 | |
IMacd45 | 12/06/2022 | |
MKInnes | 16/04/2022 | |
Tonester | 10/04/2022 | |
Matt | 05/03/2022 | |
DaveMcS | 07/11/2021 | |
Graham Banks | 23/10/2021 |