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Name:Black Knowe Head
Hill number:7384
Height:550.4m / 1806ft
Parent (Ma):1921  Turner Cleuch Law
RHB Section:28B: The River Tweed to the English Border
Donald area:Ettrick Hills
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey
(Tu,5,DDew)
Grid ref:NT 31623 22001
Summit feature:no feature: ground 15m W of trig point
Drop:57m
Col:493m  NT302215  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 73
(1:25k) 337
Survey:Leica Disto D510/Leica RX1250
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 35 users)ByDate of Ascent
Followed the fence from Turner Cleuch Law. Solo.Dangerous Dave22/06/2023
Tight parking for one on rough ground just before the bridge on the private road to Sundhope (do not block access to the grassy track), NT338256. No waymarkers to help you through the maze of buildings, keep to the true L bank of the burn to use the hidden gate to escape the fenced in area. Fell path towards Ettrickbridge to col, then intermittent ATV tracks along ridge to Sundhope Height, Scar Hill, Black Knowe Head and Eldinhope Middle Hill, then down into the Sundhope Burn valley and a route through the pastures within which hillocks prevent one from seeing where the next gate liesIsbjorn19/04/2023
Parked roadside verge ~300m S of Eldinhope Cottage (NT 2977 2368). Meg's Hill first then across to here on a reasonably direct line. On to Scar Hill -> Sundhope Height -> Eldinhope Knowe -> Eldinhope North Hill for a pleasant 12.2k round.jonglew31/01/2022
Space for a car at the end of the public road to Sundhope, just before the bridge. Over the bridge and left around the first field to open hillside. Circuit of Sundhope Height, Scar Hill, Black Knowe Head and Eldinhope Knowe. Returned on track through farm.PGCE17/03/2021
Parked opposite Sundhope road end. Through field then trods and atv tracks to Sandbed Moss then along watershed. atv track and path came and went but decent underfoot over Sundhope Height and on to Scar Hill and Black Knowe Head. Dropped down direct to Sundhopehead then track and road to car.SS11/10/2020
Parked tight against fence on a wide bit of road 30m E. of bridge at NT 3423 2175 - WSW along road for about 1.5km & up track to wall - N. up alongside wall to summit & trig point, making use of available sheep trods; these especially useful through large areas of bracken on lower slopes. Continued to Scar Hill & Sundhope Height. (S)gerrybowes07/07/2020
From Eldinhope Knowe. There is now a high electric fence running to Turner Cleuch Law. Other than near the summit of Black Knowe, no crossing places have been provided for around 3km. Make sure you pick the right side, especially if going for Meg’s Hill.fasgadh28/10/2019
parked to south near track black knowe head, scar hill, sundhope height.robertphillips05/06/2016
TCL Round, parked @ start of path at 298237. Overcast, cold, strong wind, dry and good views.iangalbraith26/01/2015
Track from B7009 then up beside wall north to BKH then followed fences to Scar Hill and both tops of Sundhope heights. Confused by new grouse butts so took longer to get back to the road just E of The Inch.chrisbien09/08/2012
From SE, gate. see TrigpointingUK.com. RHW17/07/2010
From path from north, via Turner Cleuch Head.agentmancuso05/12/2009
With RonBigJ31/03/1991
Graham Banks12/10/2023
Matt22/03/2022
Berkscire87414/01/2022
Adrian20/01/2019
Dave Geere01/09/2017
tomandivy14/07/2017
irobbo12/04/2017
chalky195323/10/2016
daviemore06/08/2016
MuckleG06/03/2016
mae04/02/2016
alda20/06/2015
kannegray20/06/2015
Anton07/06/2015
carole engel07/06/2015
Lindsay M01/12/2013
Janet M01/12/2013
Colin Crawford14/06/2013
Andrew Simmons28/01/2012
David Purchase06/07/2010
maknipe10/10/2004
Fletch10/07/2004