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Name:Grain Heads
Hill number:7310
Height:531m / 1742ft
Parent (Ma):1809  East Cairn Hill
RHB Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Catchment Boundaries, Esk (Musselburgh), Tweed
Watershed:Firth of Forth, Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Tweedmouth
Class:Subdodd
(s5)
Grid ref:NT 14124 57016
Summit feature:no feature: grass
Drop:20m
Col:511.4m  NT 1418 5727  
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From carpark at Carlops, up track to Fairliehope and on to fp sign post on bend before N Esk Cottage. Grass track up The Mount. Fence line to highpoint SW of Wether Hill & short detour to summit. Back on path to Grain Heads and on th Mount Maw Trig. Fence line to Faw Mount and down to CBDR. All good paths, even uf a tad muddy on most of it. SE crossing stream past Tocher Knowe. Over gate and up field to Cock Rig over cow churned pasture. Better nearer and after summit. Descended diagonally NE to gate at Fairslacks, then continued NE on track to Carlops. 14.5km very pleasant.Lynnebe18/02/2024
Anti-clockwise round from B.Farm with diversion to Cock Rig.lordtonult19/11/2023
MMC walk with Donald's lead. Chilly but dry day. Took Rosiealexmaclennan19/11/2023
In between Mount Maw and the Mount.Hirta11/10/2023
East Cairn Hill and Mount Maw circuit, West Linton - Walkhighlands routehummusg13/07/2023
Parked at West Linton and got the bus to Flotterston. 24km walk back, over 16 summits. 13/16PGCE30/04/2023
Parked at Carlops, up to just past Fairliehope, then up Fairliehope Hill to the Mount, then followed atv track over Grain Heads to Mount Maw. Cut down to Carlop Hill Farm and the rest of track back. Lots of single strand electric fences, all can be snuck under.hils27/01/2023
From the Mount, followed the path and the summit was in some heather.JAdair9727/08/2022
Parked at spaces provided at Baddinsgill Farm. Round of hills - Faw Mount, Mount Maw,Grain Heads, The Mount, Wether Law and finishing at East Law hill. Extended on to the large cairn at the end of the ridge, which is worthwhile, and then descent (paths) into Cauldstone Slap and return to farm along the Thieves Road.sarahk04/08/2022
10.3 mile circular from Baddinsgill. Followed path near farm to Baddinsgill House then climbed straight up the side of Faw Mount on ATV tracks ascending fairly easily onto Mount Maw, grassy ATV tracks took us over featureless Grain Heads to The Mount's unmarked summit. From here we descended easily to Deer Hope col and up sheep tracks to Wether Law's unmarked summit having to climb a barbed wire fence on the way. From here it is pathless heather to the fence climbing up trail onto East Cairn Hill, the summit being quite boggy. We descended to Cauldstane Slap then followed the trail up to West Cairn Hill. From here we followed ridge for a bit further followed by a pathless heather bash down by non-existent grouse butts to pick up track, we followed this over grassy Muckle Knock and descended track, then Thieves Road back to Baddinsgill. 740m ascent overall. Sunny but hazy so views were restricted. Saw 2 other people. Afterwards we drove back into Edinburgh and bagged Dunsapie.DanTrig23/03/2022
From Carlops up track towards North Esk Res. Follow fence up Carlops Hill (no path) onto Mount Maw, Grain Heads and The Mount, return down towards North Esk Reservoir and down by path by burn to Carlops. Lovely sunny day with patches of snow. With Ben and SallyVictor06/03/2022
Circuit from Baddinsgill.thekirkie pirate20/12/2021
LDWA Central & Lowlands social walk Mount Maw, Grain Heads, The Mount, Wether Law, East Cairn Hill.tsharp17/10/2021
From Ninemileburn, 5 Dodds and a couple of other hills including this one.NormanW25/09/2021
2 of 6: From Mount Maw. With Karen.ChrisR14/06/2021
Little Vantage car park, Drover's Way to Baddinsgill Reservoir then Mount Maw, Grain Heads, The Mount, Wether Law and East Cairn Hilltsharp03/06/2021
Small detour from the ridge path en-route from The Mount to Mount Maw.Minto08/05/2021
From Baddinsgill Fm, parked right at end of the public road. Mount Maw, The Mount, Grain Heads, Wether Law, East Cairn, West Cairn, Muckle Knock, Byrehope Mount, King Seat.curlebd21/03/2020
Circuit from Baddinsgill FarmRobB19/06/2019
Visited en route from The Mount to Mount Maw. (S)gerrybowes14/02/2019
From Baddinsgill Fm, parked right at end of the public road. Byrehope - Muckle Knock - West Cairn - East Cairn - Wether - The Mount - GraonHeads - Mount Maw. Nice 17k horseshoe walk on surprisingly good ground, lots of quad tracks and human/animal trods.jonglew28/10/2018
West Linton - Lead Law - Faw Mount - Mount Maw - Grain Heads - The Mount - Carlops. Used bus from Stirling / Edinburgh.russell6128/08/2018
Landrover track from Mount Maw.summitter15/07/2018
Hot midge free pentlandsvegibagger05/07/2018
From Baddinsgill. West Cairn Hill, East Cairn Hill, Wether Law, The Mount, Grain Heads, Mount Maw & back to Baddinsgill. 1/8 cloud, lt airs, vg vis, -9C, frozen ground. With PM.CJM10/12/2017
5th of the day with CM heading south to Mount Maw.bolton10/12/2017
From West Linton golfclub doing a anti-clockwise circuit of the fells starting with Mount Maw and ending on Mendick Hill. Surprisingly few paths.Alan Moore29/11/2017
Mount maw, grain heads, the mount, wether law, muckle knock, craigengar, byrehope mount, kings seat, ACW from baddinsgill farm on atv tracks most of the way.robertphillips27/03/2016
From good parking at Baddinsgill Farm. Up Thieves road and circuit of Muckle Knock, West cairn, East Cairn, Wether Law, The Mount, Grains Head and Mount Maw, back down crossing near dam to start. Soft but generally good going, some paths esp up on the Cairns.nordicstar28/02/2015
Circuit from Badinsgilljenx28/02/2015
With GHC. Is this really a top?Play2End13/01/2013
With Charlie and Mark. Baddingsgill To Wether Law to Thieves Rd.chrisbien09/04/2012
Followed the ROW from South of Baddinsgill up over Faw Mount, round the ridge over Mount Maw to Weather Law then across to the Drovers' Road.agentmancuso05/11/2011
From Baddinsgill Farm on the way to East Cairn HillArte Et Labore10/04/2011
Solo south along the ridgeChris Pearson19/11/2000
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stevent080902/10/2023
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Gallovidian19/09/2022
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kathyh02/05/2022
ArdrossanWintonRover13/02/2022
Adrian03/07/2021
samblackburn13/03/2021
Set_Nights28/11/2020
MuckleG12/11/2020
jimbloomer22/09/2020
weaselmaster29/05/2020