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Cairnharrow Round
Map of a circular hill walking route in Fleet Valley National Scenic area over Ben John, Barholm Hill and Cairnharrow
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Map of a hill walking route over Ben John, Barholm Hill and Cairnharrow Map of a hill walking route over Ben John, Barholm Hill and Cairnharrow Map of a hill walking route over Ben John, Barholm Hill and Cairnharrow

01 Above is a map of the route we are doing in this web gallery - done clockwise in this case. On page 17 there is a more general map of the area.
Below is the view as you head west along the A75 and you come to the crest of the hill leading down the Gatehouse bypass. Continue on down the bypass right to the bottom where the road comes close to the sea. You will cross a bridge and there is a sign just by the bridge for Skyreburn. Turn up to your right onto this (single track) road.
Head up that road and bear to the left when you come to a fork in the road. A mile or so beyond that you will see a new road going into the fields on your left. This road is too recent to be shown on the OS map. It has a very wide entrance and you could park there. There are several other possible parking places in the vicinity but this road gives good access to Mill Knock as you will see in the picture on page 02 and 03.
Mouseover to see the names of the hills and the route we will take over them.

View of Cairnharrow, Ben John and Barholm Hill from the A75
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