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Name:Black Hill
Hill number:5007
Height:213m / 699ft
Section:26A: Central Scotland from Dumbarton to Montrose
Classification:Hu,Tu,2,Y
Drop:104m
Col:109m  NO240161  

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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
2992224/11/2019NO 24733 14999  F: no feature
O: ground by tree
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-1877608/05/2010NO 24738 14993  F: no featurechrisbien
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-1877702/04/2011NO 24735 14996  F: no featureagentmancuso
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Return visit, again via Golden Hill. Noteable that some forest paths are becoming harder to follow and there are now fallen trees across them as well. From clearing at NO 246 149 there is a new bulldozed mucky forest track almost to the summit.Fife Walking28/01/2024
BasherBob16/11/2023
Limited parking on the B936. I chanced my arm by parking at the narrow track entrance SW of the summit and legged it to the top and back in double-time. Thankfully it was easy access all the way. If the entrance gate is open you may prefer to risk driving along it until you reach a sharp left turn, where there is space to park a car or two.summitter27/09/2023
On tracks from road to west. New track leads from SW onto the summit area.Winterfloodian01/09/2023
nicolajane13/08/2023
See https://scotlandhills.net/hills-north-west-fife/hill walker15/04/2023
stevent080907/02/2023
Gallovidian05/02/2023
Pleasant wander round Black Hill, Woodheads Hill, Cairnie Hill, and Cowden Hill from Abdie Church. Easy access to hill by extraction track from westdaviemore22/12/2022
Lynnebe07/12/2022
cmac03/09/2022
Forest track from the SW is good, could use mountain bike or even drive. Gate was open when I walked up and closed but not padlocked when I returned. Forestry workers thinning out the trees.Adrian26/08/2022
AFD9021/03/2022
Followed Nigel Morters' route: the felling track leaves the forest road at the start of a widening containing a picnic table. There is a tiny cairn of small stones.Nick Down113/03/2022
georgeh6004/01/2022
Fletch18/11/2021
interloper18/11/2021
AndyS22/05/2021
duchally07/05/2021
benarmine06/04/2021
Fun in the forest trying to find top.Play2End21/03/2021
Dibs21/02/2021
Parked on unclass road to the east, followed track, into the forest which is easy jungle stuff. Then onto Woodheads Hill.The Fife Flyer21/02/2021
From GR 241148 where there is limited space to park at track start WSW of hill (opposite southern entrance to Pitcarilie House). Up the track as it bends north between the trees. As the trees on the west end (at a concrete base of old farm shed) there is a gate onto woods. Follow short distance upwards, as it turns deep into the wood from the edge after 50/80m a felling track breaks off north, the high point is not to far to the west from the track as it levels off. 3/3 HuMPN.Morters16/10/2020
Tom Mundell24/09/2020
Trekking toes24/09/2020
Circular walk from Newburgh taking in Ormiston Hill, Lumbennie Hill and Black Hill. Ongoing forestry works up here meant a rough harvester track now goes to within about 15 metres of the likely summit. Still no views though.benalder28420/06/2020
kathyh24/05/2020
tsmart24/05/2020
Fence from field to N is tricky so best use gate at 24615049pp28/02/2020
Parked in Auchtermuchty Common car park at 23662 13444 and walked up the road to the vehicle track, following it up through the wood. Through a gate into the wooded area, along the track, then through trees to the summit. Returned through more widely spaced trees to the track. (Would have been better to have followed the track in the forest a little way round the bend to the right on the way up)LizH24/11/2019
PeterAH24/11/2019
This was fun. From Grange of Lindores via Golden Hill, then into forest at NO 25036 14671. Useful paths through forest as far as NO 25128 14947. Then tried finding route alongside lochan - bad idea as I'm not a duck. Retreated back to corner of fence and followed fenceline south to NO 25036 14671. Reasonable track from there to picnic table for final thrash through trees. On to Woodheads.Fife Walking14/10/2019
Dave McG26/12/2018
Crumblie213/01/2018
Tony S24/05/2017
Route from 241148 crosses line of gas transmission pipe.NormanW27/04/2017
Andrew Simmons28/01/2017
Martin R14/04/2016
Parked on verge on bend at 241148, then followed the forestry track round to 30m below summit, then up thinned forest to cheeky wee cairn. Fields to W are ploughed.Thearlaichdubh28/03/2016
From the B936 along the track and through the forest. A wee cairn marks the top!Play2End22/11/2015
Parked near Woodmill then used to track to bag Cowden Hill then returned down track. Then up field towards Woodheads Hill which has Grange Hill trig near the summit. Continued off-piste through woods to farm track then oat field towards woodland on Black Hill then returned back down to Woodmill.Dugswell230/07/2015
Alan Whatley06/03/2015
parked 400m north before track cut up through wood to rejoin track to the top.robertphillips20/02/2015
Parked where track leaves road just N of Woodhead. Tracks to get to N edge of trees, then back in for the last 100m to summit. (Same parking spot for Cowden Hill, as per fasgadh.)mae08/02/2015
From B road to w. Parked on verge of track before gate. Cheekier, but easier parking through the gate on RHS. Cut the corner in track - up through woods on tracks made by cows. Track in forest now, smooth, dry and dusty up to the picnic bench. From here up through trees to summmit. Descent NW to forest edge, and back down track.Minto27/09/2014
bjewing16/08/2014
Forestry operations mean that the track from NO241147 is now horrendous soft wet mud after the bend, and it gets deeper higher up. Best to avoid it entirely and just walk on easy grass to the west of the trees that are west of the track, cross fence where there is a rubber sheath and stone, then edge along the slime into the main forest NW of the summit area until you see the picnic table. It's not bad after that, some trees have been felled but it's ok going, still no view though.alda25/02/2014
iaindbrown16/02/2014
Ken_Stewart27/11/2013