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Name:Bengairn
Hill number:1790
Height:391m / 1283ft
RHB Section:27C: The Glenkens to Annandale
County/UA:Dumfries and Galloway
Catchment:Dee (Kirkcudbright)
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman
(Ma,Hu,Tu,3,Y)
Grid ref:NX 77061 54514
Summit feature:outcrop 2m NW of trig point
Drop:340m
Col:51.4m  NX 7769 5904  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 84
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Observations:outcrop is 2cm higher than trig point flush bracket; large cairn 10m W at NX 77052 54515 is lower
Survey:Abney level
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 181 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
highlandrock24/02/2024
geralddavison07/08/2023
A Peckish04/08/2023
beckybags04/08/2023
Matt02/07/2023
2 of 4: After Bainloch Hill we drove to Screel CP which was closed so we parked further down the lane. Back to Screel CP and then up to the gate marked Cows with Calves. This led to a forest track ending in Troudale Gill. Then a F/B led onto a path to the top. With Karen.ChrisR21/04/2023
Parked at the entrance to the Foresthill track on the Bengairn Lodge minor road. Good track to Foresthill, continued to the end of the improved pasture, then occasional hints of a path up through the tussocks. Retraced steps.Owen B10/04/2023
Car park and forestry routes from Screel Hill closed due to windthrown trees. Annoyingly there are no alternative access details given for Bengairn. Parked at NX7907552340 then followed track signed for Bengairn to Foresthill. At NX7790354231 there is a path, initially very boggy that leads to the summit.PeteF27/10/2022
kanderson01/01/2022
DaveMcS24/12/2021
After storm Arwen, trees down all over.RO-702305/12/2021
ketzster11/10/2021
Afternoon bag after Criffel. From Screel car park. Over the top of Screel. If you're decending Screel's west ridge, look out for the path to Bengairn from above. It's about 100m further and near a tree stump at approx NX 777 552. Not easy to see. This leads to a gate at approx NX 77173 54950.Jhimmy28/08/2021
Clockwise circuit from Screel carpark Fairly dry under footconanharrod24/08/2021
date approximate. From Auchencairn layby with dog. Back via Forest Hill very rough going but rewarding. Tricky fence at end with dog, stile for humans.catlovesmaps01/08/2021
Came over from Screel Hill and Mid Hill with Alfie. Trackless descent to gate and footbridge back into the forest. Gravel track down to locked gate into cow field, then track back to Screel car park.Dangerous Dave06/06/2021
With Lesley via Screel HillNick Canute05/05/2021
Followed footpath signs from Bengairn Lodge. Descended via Forest Hill at which point the clouds cleared. Hoorah!jigglybones08/04/2021
NickF17/03/2021
govanah06/11/2020
Parked in forestry car park just off the A711 (North of Screel Farm) - Waymarked path to Screel Hill (summit) - then rough track to Mid Hill (summit) then on to Bengairn (Marilyn summit and trig) - returned along tracks through the Glen of Screel Burn then Waymarked paths back to car park.briandavies22/10/2020
Adrian22/10/2020
weaselmaster04/09/2020
thenomad03/09/2020
dave g31/08/2020
m0untain_n0mad09/03/2020
Afternoon walk from Screel carpark to col. Squelchy tramp up Bengairn. Return over Screel.vuirich10/01/2020
MC by way of a small track from Mid Hill. Muddy track leading to the summit.Martin6626/12/2019
The Fife Flyer06/12/2019
Clach Liath01/12/2019
duchally10/09/2019
Up the usual path to Screel Hill (very well built for much of its length) from the FC carpark, then over the narrow path through sedge, grass and heather to Mid Hill (nice and open now trees felled, but replacements growing quickly), then more boggy path to Bengairn. Returned eastwards down a worn route through the bracken until a footbridge over the Troudale Burn and gate onto a forest track leads back to the carpark. About 2hrs in total to walk.summitter08/09/2019
From Scree Hill car park up core path then down to west and across intriguing path to Bengairn. Returned to core path and followed to car.SS23/06/2019
Simon Winton13/04/2019
IainT07/10/2018
Following Cairnsmore of Fleet... evening short extra. Track to Foresthill then path and animal tracks to summitN.Morters03/10/2018
oldsteve22/09/2018
Room for a couple of cars at NX 79077 52335. Good fairly level track to egde of the field systems beyond the Foresthill ruins, then rough and steep to the top. Across to Mid Hill after. With Alec C.jonglew22/03/2018
Slightly rough going coming up here, but you are rewarded with the feeling that you've really come to somewhere very much worth visiting.Alex C22/03/2018
mntainman20/03/2018
Tricky05/02/2018
Dave Geere09/01/2018
A wonderful walk in the snow, blue skies and sunshine, and all bogs frozen. An easy route: from Bengairn house as per usual, follow the ATV track across the bogs after the last gate, then follow the track leftwards below the hill until it comes to a grinding halt at a deep stream way. Follow the edge of the stream way up on easy grass/snow, then follow the wide stream bed easily, up to a rocky outcrop on the right, where an animal track heads left and up to the top through the heather. Not very rough at all.Gill08/12/2017
Solo HFB29/10/2017
Isbjorn18/09/2017
With Screel Hill, tough terraine between the two and then back over Screel summit in lovely sunshine.nickywood102/09/2017
Screel Hill, Mid Hill & Bengairn from Screel Hill carpark.agentmancuso26/08/2017
Rambling Ray13/08/2017
2/5.PGCE08/07/2017
Run up Screel and BengairnEggletina20/05/2017