Iron Age Trail, Bessie's Hill
1.3 miles (2.1 km). Under an hour, easy.
Start: NY 250 955. Finish: NY 250 954. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 0.8 miles of the 1.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 88 m of climbing and 86 m of descent; highest point 262 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1612
- Distance
- 1.3 miles (2.1 km). We measure 0.8 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 88 m. Highest point 262 m
Getting there
- Bus stop
- Allangillfoot, 780 m from the start. Directions NY 255 950
- Car park
- Car park, 380 m from the start. Directions NY 249 951
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 53 m in a kilometre (1 in 19), starting 0.4 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Walked it? Log it
Walks nearby
- SC 1627Hill Fort Trail, Castle O'er1 mile. Starts 1.7 miles away
- SC 1581Aithouse Burn Trail, Craik Forest1.8 miles, circular. Starts 9.7 miles away
- SC 1547Craigieburn Trail2.8 miles. Starts 10.2 miles away
- SC 120Sir Walter Scott WayLong-distance route, 92 miles, one way. Starts 11.9 miles away
- UK 035Annandale WayNational trail, 56 miles, one way. Starts 13.6 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryandland.gov.scot on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry and Land Scotland, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry and Land Scotland).
- Facts: forestryandland.gov.scot
Something wrong or missing?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.