Section E: Moffat and its environs.


Route One.
MOFFAT ---> OLD EDINBURGH ROAD TO MARCH COTTAGE and SIGN-POST TO HARTFELL SPA AT GRID REF. NT075104 ---> WELL RIG ---> ARTHUR'S SEAT ---> HART FELL ---> FALCON CRAIG ---> UPPER COOMB CRAIG ---> NETHER COOMB CRAIG ---> SWATTE FELL ---> NUBERRY MOSS ---> BLUE CAIRN ---> GREYGILL HEAD ---> THE SNOUT ---> MOFFAT WELL ---> RTN.TO MOFFAT.

Route Two.
MOFFAT ---> BELLSHAW BRIDGE ---> SOUTHERN UPLAND WAY TO TRACK JUNCTION AT GRID REF. NT141037 ---> TRACK VIA CRAIGBECK RIG TO FIRE- BREAK AT GRID REF. NT143044 ---> GATESHAW RIG ---> CROFT HEAD ---> RETRACE ROUTE TO BELLSHAW BRIDGE ---> S.U.WAY VIA DRUMCRIEFF BRIDGE TO OAKRIGGSIDE ---> RTN. TO MOFFAT.

Route Three.
MOFFAT ---> OLD EDINBURGH ROAD TO ERICSTANE FARM ---> TRACK TO JOIN A701 ROAD AT GRID REF. NT061115 ---> ERICSTANE HILL ---> ANNANHEAD HILL ---> RETURN TO A701 AND PROCEED TO POST COACH MONUMENT AT GRID REF. NT052129 ---> TAKE FOREST TRACK HEADING SSW, THEN SOUTH AT GRID REF. NT048130 ---> REMAIN ON TRACK UNTIL REACHING B719 ROAD AT GRID REF. NT054088 ---> FOLLOW COURSE OF ROMAN ROAD ACROSS MUCKLE HILL AND CONTINUE UNTIL COMMENCEMENT OF ROAD AT GRID REF. NT069057 ---> REJOIN A701 AT GRID REF. NT 083046 and TURN LEFT FOR RTN. TO MOFFAT.

Route Four.
MOFFAT ---> MOFFAT WELL ---> TRACK UP BIRNOCK WATER GLEN TO PIRNIE RIG ---> GREYGILL HEAD and THE SNOUT ---> HIND HILL ---> ARCHBANK ---> GALLOW HILL and KING'S CHAIR CAIRN ---> BEECHGROVE ---> F.P. FROM NEW BRIDGE TO ANNAN BRIDGE ---> PROCEED SOUTH ALONG A701 TO GRID REF. NT084036: TURN LEFT, THEN TAKE TRACK HEADING SOUTH ---> JOIN S.U.WAY AT GRID REF. NT085028 ---> S.U.WAY VIA OAKRIGGSIDE and DRUMCRIEFF BRIDGE TO BELLSHAW BRIDGE ---> RTN. TO MOFFAT ALONG A708.

Please note that the forestry road and plantation in Upper Birnock Water Glen are not represented on the O.S. Pathfinder 495 map: however, they are clearly indicated on the O.S. Landranger 78.


Copyright 23rd August 1999 and 19th September 1999:
RICHARD M. STANBROOK,
"Howden,"
18 Drove Road,
Langholm, Dumfriesshire DG13 OJW.