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| Name: | Moorbrock Hill |
| Hill number: | 1756 |
| Height: | 651.4m / 2137ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1744 Windy Standard |
| RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
| Donald area: | Carsphairn Hills |
| County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Catchment: | Dee (Kirkcudbright) |
| Class: | Hump, Simm, Donald, Graham Top, Yeaman (Hu,Tu,Sim,D,GT,DN,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NX 62067 98387 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground 14m SW of tiny cairn |
| Drop: | 113.4m |
| Col: | 538m NX 6143 9925  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 77 (1:25k) 328S |
| Observations: | ground at cairn (NX 62074 98398) is of very similar height |
| Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Comments: | col measured at 538.0 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 242 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| anguscow | 03/04/2024 | |
| weaselmaster | 06/01/2024 | |
| SunnyAdventures2 | 06/01/2024 | |
| govanah | 08/10/2023 | |
| Parked near Glen Afton Water Works then using mainly wind farm tracks to Windy Standard and Dugland via Wedder Hill, Millaneoch Hill then onto Keoch Rig and Moorbrock Hill | Longwojo | 29/08/2023 |
| Parked entrance to Moorbrock Estate. On approaching the main house took diversion path round by the pond. Very pleasant. From there normal route as others. Onto Keogh Rig. | Crumblie2 | 02/08/2023 |
| Tonester | 31/05/2023 | |
| elma spencer | 13/05/2023 | |
| Small detour path now marked around houses at Moorbrock. Leads round to track heading up Poltie Burn. | 49pp | 18/04/2023 |
| 11.1 mile walk from the entrance to the Moorbrock Estate on the Water of Ken road. We followed the good track up to the very well maintained but spookily quiet Moorbrock farm. From there we followed the obvious track around Green Hill to the 4th firebreak down to Poldores Burn (very easy to cross). Not mentioned on the comments on here; we had to scale a gateless deer fence before ascending quite steeply up to Nick of the Lochans. From here we followed a small trail up to the slightly snow-sprinkled summit of Cairnsmore of Carsphairn. We headed back to the Nick and easily ascended grassy Beninner. From the summit cairn we descended back to the annoying deer fence and burn and followed the easy trail up to Moorbrock Hill. Descending the same way through Moorbrock back to the car. 1042m ascent. High cloud but amazing views today as far as Ben Lomond, Arran and Ailsa Craig. We saw one person from a far all day. | DanTrig | 04/03/2023 |
| Delyoung | 19/11/2022 | |
| Same route up as chillyman8. Estate worker said it was okay to park outside the wind farm entrance gates. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 03/10/2022 |
| easers | 28/09/2022 | |
| MKInnes | 15/09/2022 | |
| Parked at the entrance to the Moorbrock Estate, hiked to Moorbrock House, then took the track above the treeline and around the west slope of Green Hill. Followed a grassy track up the North slope of Green Hill and onto Moorbrock Hill. Then down to meet the Windy Rig windfarm (just completed, turbines are massive, though sparsely spaced out) tracks over to Keoch Rig. Followed a fenceline up to Windy Standard, then used the tracks of that older windfarm (these turbines are tiny in comparison), to gain Dugland. From I dropped down to Clennoch bothy for some lunch out of the sunshine. Hiked straight back along the track to regain my outward route. Very sunny day with modest gusts, but the flies were out in force, 06:35hrs all in. | chillyman8 | 18/07/2022 |
| stevent0809 | 22/06/2022 | |
| Limited verge parking at start of new road to Moorbrock (NX640953). Moorbrock. If you take the first track after the residences on W side of Poltie Burn (unmapped), you can still get onto the track around Green Hill via some wide firebreaks which snake up towards it, then a short brush through the trees. ATV track to Moorbrock Hill, Alwhat, then new wind farm road over Keoch Rig, Windy Standard, Trostan Hill, Dugland on old wind farm roads, back to Windy Standard, down new wind farm road to Hags of Poljargen, then scree and pathless deep grass to Mid Hill of Glenhead, An Tx and deep grass on to Dodd Hill. Descended W on obnoxious veg to get to new wind farm road ASAP, which led back to the entrance gate to the Moorbrock estate. | Isbjorn | 15/06/2022 |
| IMacd45 | 06/06/2022 | |
| hhjj | 31/03/2022 | |
| Moorbrock, its North Top, Mid Hill of Glenhead and Dodd Hill from the entrance to the wind farm between Craigengillan and Strahanna. Easy, tranquil walking, with wind farm tracks between the North Top and Mid Hill and on descent from Dodd Hill. Met a fox and a herd of roe deer at unusually close quarters near the start and end of the walk. | Nick Down1 | 19/03/2022 |
| scoob | 22/01/2022 | |
| Fi | 22/01/2022 | |
| Moorbrock, Keoch Rig, Dugland, Cairnsmore of Carsphairn and Beninner from Craigengillan | JimT | 12/01/2022 |
| davezeking | 07/09/2021 | |
| Parked at start of new wind farm (NX 6405 9528). Took WF road for 1.33km before cutting across WSW to pick up a logging road for Craigengillan Hill. Cut back to Moorbrock to pick up a good track that went round Green Hill and almost all the way up here. Continued on to the North Top -> Keoch Rig -> Mid Hill of Glenhead -> Dodd Hill, returning to road at Strahanna Bridge (last leg from Dodd Hill over very poor ground) for a 19km round. | jonglew | 05/09/2021 |
| yorkielad | 02/09/2021 | |
| davezeking | 09/07/2021 | |
| AlanD | 28/06/2021 | |
| Trailmaister | 27/06/2021 | |
| ThickIce | 22/06/2021 | |
| Robin56 | 03/06/2021 | |
| PM | 30/05/2021 | |
| The track at NX640953 is currently a construction site for a new wind far.No parking at the entrance and the laybys all along the road back down to the south west are coned off.Room for a car at the first layby after the construction site and access via the track at NX637948 now.Friendly estate guy at Morrbrock Lodge. | ARM | 29/05/2021 |
| Colin Crawford | 29/05/2021 | |
| AndyS | 06/05/2021 | |
| Stavanger Toestub | 01/05/2021 | |
| euanbell123 | 27/03/2021 | |
| Windy Standard Round 11. 34.5km, 1834km ascent, 10.5hrs. One to forget | Huwel | 27/02/2021 |
| SunnyAdventures | 27/02/2021 | |
| Dugland, Trostan, Jedburgh Knees, Windy Standard, Keoch Rig, Moorbrock. Beautiful day. Such a shame about the wind farm devastation. With R, B and Brian. | jenx | 27/09/2020 |
| jfwilson | 23/08/2020 | |
| Approx 40km round from Glen Afton, starting near Craigdarroch. Direct ascent to Yarngallows Knowe, then Struther's Brae, Black Hill (also visiting tops similar in height to the summit), Black Hill, Wedder Hill, Millaneoch Hill, Keoch Rigg, Moorbrock Hill N Top, Moorbrock Hill, Dodd Hill (+ nearby mounds of similar height), Mid Hill of Glenhhead, camped near summit off Alhang. Continued short distance to Alhang summit, then Ewe Hill N Top, Ewe Hill, Alwhat, Meikledodd Hill, Blacklorg Hill, Cannock Hill and Craigbraneoch Hill, descending to cross bridge at Craigdarroch. Rain for much of route, and wet underfoot. | RobertP | 22/08/2020 |
| Mark Hodgson | 24/07/2020 | |
| iblissss | 19/07/2020 | |
| Parked at Craigengillan (just space for one car off road). Moorbrock Hill, Keoch Rig, Dugland, Benniner. | PGCE | 18/11/2019 |
| Sunhat | 05/11/2019 | |
| Christo1979 | 14/09/2019 | |
| No parking now at either Craigengillan or start of track to Moorbrock Farm, so parked off-road over 1km to the south. Took the track up past Craigengillan and Moorbrock Farm (gates in deer fences). Then track round Green Hill and NE to flat summit plateau. Solo. Continued to Dugland. | Man of Kernow1 | 28/06/2019 |
| Came across from Keoch Rig past site exploration for new wind turbines. Followed an ATV track across the top, and then dropped more steeply to meet the track at the Poltie Burn. Very tussocky ground in places, and would be worse in summer. Followed the good and fairly new looking track out over the bridge at the Polifferie Burn,and through the forest to the road. This track was better than our inward route past Craigengillan. A lovely day and good walk around Beninner, Keoch Rig and Moorbrock Hill. | LizH | 10/04/2019 |
| PeterAH | 10/04/2019 |