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Name: | Broad Head |
Hill number: | 7468 |
Height: | 493m / 1617ft |
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: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | NY 34089 94274 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground on E side of fence |
Drop: | 44m |
Col: | 449m NY342946 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 323N |
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 |
Out form Bentpath Kirk Great hill > Broadhead > Great Muir > Crumpton hill > 5h-45min 830 ascent 17k | Andrew Simmons | 02/04/2022 |
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). Blackgrain Height -> Faw Side -> back to BH -> Broad Head -> Roughbank Height. | jonglew | 30/01/2021 |
After Faw Side. Vague track up from Forest road, then very rough en route to Roughbank | Colin Crawford | 15/10/2018 |
P Rigfoot - track to top the boggy ATV track mostly following fence to FS back to top of track then ATV track to BH then found track a little before pt 386 up to top of track then due S to RH. About 410m fences meet and a mostly lovely grassy track to car. | chrisbien | 12/07/2015 |
With Faw Side. Drove in via Bush and Burngrains, no obvious parking until NY343944 just before forest gate. Few passing places but decent track. | RHW | 29/03/2014 |
From Pikethaw via Causeway Grain Head, on to Crumpton Hill | agentmancuso | 02/06/2012 |
carole engel | 13/07/2018 | |
Anton | 12/07/2018 | |
Dave Geere | 14/03/2016 | |
maknipe | 19/03/2014 | |
Rambling Ray | 27/09/2009 | |
dickiewren | 04/07/1997 | |
Robertgee | blank |