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Name: | Knox Hill |
Hill number: | 13602 |
Height: | 151m / 495ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1793 Mochrum Fell |
RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Catchment: | Urr |
Class: | Tump (100-199m) (Tu,1) |
Grid ref: | NX 80758 60875 |
Summit feature: | outcrop |
Drop: | 43m |
Col: | 108m NX801619 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 84 (1:25k) 313 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 9 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
P N end of reservoir, footpath around it, along dam & across overflow, nice wee summit, on to Barskeoch. | agentmancuso | 18/05/2023 |
Room for 2 cars a bit further up the road from the path start to the reservoir. Walked along the Res to bag Barskeoch Hill first, then onto Knox Hill crossing a stream and over a wall. Up by the wall to the 2nd highest gate and through that bearing right to the top. Summit a rock outcrop next to gorse. A lovely spot | Wayne Mac | 12/01/2022 |
Parking close by tricky, snuck car into one end of a passing place (NX 8044 6102), hopped the wall; an unmapped stock fence to negotiate, then another stock-proof wall; then up through gaps in gorse. | jonglew | 21/01/2021 |
parked at gate to the west, up through gorse. | robertphillips | 11/12/2017 |
Quick dask up frow road to the west. Pleasant ridge with gorse and bedrock | cjo | 05/08/2017 |
Space to park by footpath sign towards north end of Reservoir. Across to res then S to KH. 2 gates. Down to outflow from res. Across field, over break in wall and rough track to main track and top. Back along path on E side of res. | chrisbien | 03/06/2017 |
After Barskeoch Hill. Pleasant rocky cattle pasture | Colin Crawford | 18/07/2016 |
Tricky | 22/09/2020 | |
Dave Geere | 07/03/2018 |