Henry's Wood Berwickshire

Images are sourced within 2km of 55.823692/-2.789136 or Grid Reference NT5059. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Road, Tollishill

The last public bit of the road over Lammer Law on the Berwickshire side. From here the road carries on as a well surfaced track to Gifford. The view is downhill towards Carfraemill and there are some of the many recently released pheasants on the road.

Richard Webb

Gifford - Carfraemill Road

View towards Crib Law along one of the hill roads which cross the Lammermuir Hills.

Richard Webb

Moorland under Crib Law

Lammermuir moorland towards the end of the heather flowering season.

Richard Webb

Gifford - Carfraemill Road

The hill road is used by the pylon service road here - the pylon road heads off to the left at the junction. There are black and white markers along the electricity road.

Richard Webb

Grouse butt under Crib Law

Lammermuir moorland beside the road between Longyester and Carfraemill.

Richard Webb

Heading to the High Point

Climbing up the track that traverses the west side of the Lammermuirs heading north to eventually emerge at Stobshiel. The high point of the track is on the East Lothian/Scottish Borders border and is about where the 2nd pylon is.

Adam Ward

Curious Sheep

Obviously not many people pass this way. These sheep where really curious as I started to descend on my bike from the high point on the Carfrae to Stobshiel track.

Adam Ward

Shed on the road to Kelphope

Looking south down the estate road, towards Carfraemill.

M J Richardson

The Kelphope Burn

Looking south, just below where the track to Kelphope crosses the burn. The hillside on the right is newly planted with conifers NT5157 : Reforesting Kelphope valley.

M J Richardson

Standing stone at Tollishill

There are Iron Age homesteads and forts in the area, but this is prehistoric according to Canmore. Chris Eilbeck's winter picture is much clearer NT5157 : Standing stone, Tollishill.

M J Richardson

Kelphope

Near the head of the Kelphope Valley and under Hog Hill.

M J Richardson

Hog Sike, Kelphope

Forming a gully between Hog Hill and Tollis Hill; for a view of the sike from above see NT5158 : Hog Sike, Kelphope. The trees across the Kelphope Burn are the northernmost of a row of eighteen trees [plus three gaps] that follow the burn in a straight line southwest for 380 m.

M J Richardson

Tollis Hill

Looking east from across the Kelphope Burn, with the eleventh and twelfth trees in the line mentioned in NT5158 : Hog Sike, Kelphope. The hill slope is covered with Bracken, Heather and scree.

M J Richardson

Pylon on Windy Law

Part of a long-distance cross-country line from Torness Power Station [on the East Coast NT7475 : Torness Power Station, NT7373 : Emergence of one of the Torness powerlines, to the left] to the west [Edinburgh and East Lothian, to the right].

M J Richardson

Looking northwest from Windy Law

Rough grazing and heather moorland in the Lammermuir Hills, with a long-distance transmission line from Torness heading towards East Lothian and Edinburgh.

M J Richardson

Hog Sike, Kelphope

Looking into the sike from above; it continues behind the plantation. For a view of the lower part see NT5158 : Hog Sike, Kelphope.

M J Richardson

Crib Cleugh

With Crib Law on the right and Hog Hill on the left and ahead. The cleugh drains into the Kelphope Burn.

M J Richardson

Tully trap at Tollishill

A trap used on grouse moors to 'manage vermin', like rats, weasels and stoats that have no right to be there! They are set on walls and bridges likely to be used by small mammals, and covered with a cage to keep out non-target animals. This one is on a plank on the top of a wall which has had some coping stones removed. For a close up of another one set on the ground not far away see NT5259 : Tully trap on Crib Law. see also Link