Clockmore

About Clockmore

Tucked away in the quiet Manor Hills, this rounded summit offers a classic Southern Uplands experience of broad grassy slopes and expansive horizons. Rising above the Megget Reservoir, it provides a straightforward but rewarding ascent, often paired with neighbouring Dollar Law for a long ridge walk through remote, rolling sheep country.

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• •The name is likely a Gallicised version of Clach Mhòr, meaning 'Big Stone,' a name often given to hills that served as specific landmarks for shepherds or drovers in the high pastures.
• •From the summit, walkers are treated to a distinct view down the length of the Megget Reservoir toward the dam, with the sharp-topped Eildon Hills often visible on the eastern horizon on clear days.
• •The hill sits on a significant watershed; rainfall on its northern slopes drains into the Manor Water, while southern runoff feeds the Megget Water and eventually the Yarrow.
• •Clockmore is frequently bagged as part of the 'Manor Hills Round,' a high-altitude circuit that links the tops circling the Manor Water valley, including the nearby summits of Notman Hill and Dollar Law.
• •Despite being a two-thousand-footer, Clockmore is frequently treated as a mere waypoint by those rushing toward the higher tops nearby, proving that in the Southern Uplands, fame is often a matter of a few extra metres of peat.