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Name: | Blackgrain Height |
Hill number: | 7466 |
Height: | 496m / 1627ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1920 Pikethaw Hill |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
Donald area: | Roxburgh |
County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Catchment: | Esk (Gretna) |
Class: | Sub490-499m hill (s4) |
Grid ref: | NY 34839 95652 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground by stile |
Drop: | 22m |
Col: | 474m NY348959 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 323N |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 16 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
We parked in a handy spot just off the A7 at the start of the access road to Rigfoot. Walked up this road and from above Rigfoot itself took an ATV track through the legions of freshly planted conifers until about two-thirds the way up Roughbank Height. From here it's a plod through new plantation, heather and bracken, aided occasionally by trods. A similar story to Broad Head, with an ATV section to ease the knees. Onwards to the more straightforward Blackgrain Height, Faw Side and Rashiegrain Height then a detour northwards from the main ridge to take in Causewaygrain Head. From this point the ATV tracks run out and so it was a knee-deep wade & trudge through wet humpy veg all the way to White Hope Edge and back - not one for the uncommitted bagger! Once back at Rashiegrain Height things got relatively easy as its a mere fence follow to Pikethaw Hill, Frodaw Height, Dan's Hags and Stibbiegill Head, before dropping down to Meikledale and the joys of a tarmac finish. 6 hours total. | summitter | 23/10/2023 |
See route for Pikethaw Hill | smocks and denims | 14/04/2022 |
Parked at the first left bend above Jock's Hope. NNW up gully to Blackgrain Height, then Faw Side. Back across to Broad Head and Roughbank Height. Faint ATV tracks between Faw Side and Broad Head. Lots of new forestry planting. | PGCE | 11/03/2021 |
Drove up past Burngrains to park at hairpin bend, good for 2-3 cars here (NY 3520 9474). Followed Black Grain over some rough ground. On to Faw Side, then doubled back for Broad Head and Roughbank Height. Ground a little squidgy but recent low temps ensured not too squdgy. | jonglew | 30/01/2021 |
on way to faw side. | robertphillips | 09/12/2017 |
Done twice during walk Fawside, Broad Head and Roughbank Height. | chrisbien | 12/07/2015 |
En route to Faw Side | RHW | 29/03/2014 |
From Pikethaw via Causeway Grain Head, on to Crumpton Hill | agentmancuso | 02/06/2012 |
Berkscire874 | 09/07/2021 | |
Dave Geere | 14/03/2016 | |
Anton | 09/06/2015 | |
carole engel | 09/06/2015 | |
maknipe | 19/03/2014 | |
Rambling Ray | 27/09/2009 | |
dickiewren | 04/07/1997 | |
Robertgee | blank |