Lamberton Hill and St Abbs Head

23 November 2014

Participants: Just me on the hill because there were lots of sheep in field. Ben had a snooze while I went to the "top".

 

Where: Lamberton Hill, 217m, Sub-2k Marilyn, Map OS 67, GF 945588

 

Lamberton Hill is a fairly recent addition to the Marilyn list following a re-survey. Actually, "hill" is a bit of a misnomer, Lamberton upland field would be a better description. Nevertheless, it is on the list and gets a tick the same as any other Marilyn. It is only just in Scotland being just a few miles north of Berwick.

 

I drove through the lovely old village of Ayton and along a narrow country road. There was plenty of verge parking and from the churned up mud it was obvious that a lot of Marilyn baggers had been visiting. Parking place.....

I walked about 200 yards further along the road to a gate which enabled me to enter the field without having to cross any barbed wire or electric fences. I had read that there were usually cows in the field but today they had been moved to another field and there was only a flock of sheep present. It was only a 5 minute walk from the gate to the highest point, which was unmarked. It lay just south of the remains of Habchester Fort, an iron age fort of which half of the ramparts and ditches are still obvious. Apparently, the area containing the fort is divided between two farms; one farm has left the remains in place whereas the other cultivated its section over. This is looking up to the remains of the fort from the road.....
 

 

There was not too bad a view considering. These photos are taken from the spot in the field which looked as though it was the summit. This is looking north-east.....

this is to the lower west top which has a trig.....

and this is looking to the Cheviot.....
 

 

I then went to St Abbs and walked along the cliff path as far as the lighthouse and back to the car park by a minor road. Here are some pictures of the cliffs; it was a lovely day and the views were great.....