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| Name: | Black Hill |
| Hill number: | 5631 |
| Height: | 603.2m / 1979ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | North Pennines - Eastern Fells |
| County/UA: | Durham |
| Catchment: | Wear |
| Class: | Subsimm (sSim) |
| Grid ref: | NY 87344 41084 |
| Summit feature: | made-made ground 1m S of wall |
| Drop: | 26.2m |
| Col: | 577m NY 8700 4187  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 87 (1:25k) OL31W |
| Observations: | overgrown debris appears to cover natural summit |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 66 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Very easy walk from 524 in nice weather and made a change to see some trees. | Wycombe Wanderer | 29/08/2022 |
| With Sue and NB from Cowshill car park. Blackhill and Middlehope Moor following tracks and some rough moor. Anti clockwise along wet in places border fence and good track back to Cowshill. | Frank | 10/08/2021 |
| Solo. My final English SubSimm! Up and down the same way from the free parking area at Cowshill. | Dangerous Dave | 19/07/2021 |
| Just off wall line. Walked from race head | 2510chris | 25/03/2021 |
| From ESE, sunshine, skylarks, mountain pansies. HP 20cm artificial knoll SW side of wall | RHW | 15/06/2020 |
| Via Slitt Woods (worth an explore) and Sedling Rake. Windy and wet | Gary Heath | 07/03/2020 |
| Roadside verge parking (NY 8847 4048). RoW most of the way, high point on SW side wall. | jonglew | 05/12/2019 |
| After wandering around Scarsike Head had a short walk up to the hill top here. Nice engraved stone in the wall at the top. | Walker Dan | 21/07/2019 |
| Parked up to the E near the wood and ran up the track and onto the summit. Reasonably easy following the vague path once you leave the track. | madaddo | 15/07/2019 |
| With Jo, from Cowshill. Along quarry tracks to Black Hill, continuing forward to Carr Brow Moor trig. Returned along roads via New House. Weather; cloudy, cold wind, moderate views. | amblerbob | 31/03/2019 |
| Black Hill from GR: NY 88470 40477 | ronaldo333 | 15/09/2018 |
| Black Hill from GR: NY 88414 40397 | Hippster | 15/09/2018 |
| Walk from St John Chapel. Arrived at top at dawn. | trimarc2 | 22/02/2018 |
| Parked at B/W road junction below Race head. Followed B/W then F/P then S side of wall to high point described by others. | John Lee | 08/11/2017 |
| Parking near start of bridleway beside wood, which is followed past ruined sheep folds. Thereafter stay on south side of wall following track of sorts to summit. | Fisky Boy | 09/05/2016 |
| With Fisky Boy | Brenda Cloke | 09/05/2016 |
| With G. From Cowshill > Black Hill via bridleway to Race Head > Middlehope Moor trigpoint > Middlehope Moor summit then back via bridleway over Burtree Fell & Poppet Hill. | RT1970 | 17/07/2015 |
| On way home in dusk. Off at New House and to wood at road edge, parking at laneside. Track all way to old fold area, wall line and ATV to top. Views would be good if not near dark/misty, some lights. Interesting old wall section - shooting butt? | nordicstar | 21/11/2014 |
| Pleasant stroll. 40 minutes on a clear day. | ijpowell | 20/06/2014 |
| From parking at NY884,404, beside wood. Easy there and back under an hour. | Crib Goch | 25/02/2014 |
| Verge parking at bend in minor road at NY 88455 40464 (528m)Track/Bridleway then followed new wall to summit. | David Gradwell | 27/07/2013 |
| Parked to ESE at corner of wood where bridleway led off. Followed this then a wall, which goes over the summit. Two metres from wall at summit is isolated 3m long section of wall. Also plaque in main wall saying it was rebuilt in 2001-2002, by Don & Gavin Golden. | Aye Jimmy | 25/06/2013 |
| First of 7 tops on an anticlockwise tramp around the head of Weardale. Got to nice summit by wall 30 mins after setting off from Cowshill at 9.30am. | signyred | 25/08/2011 |
| Climbed with Middlehope Moor | chriswatson | 20/02/1993 |
| Matt | 27/07/2023 | |
| tomandivy | 26/03/2023 | |
| Scout | 18/09/2022 | |
| Smog | 18/09/2022 | |
| Alan Whatley | 18/02/2022 | |
| jamesaitken42 | 02/01/2022 | |
| alda | 24/11/2021 | |
| mart0797 | 31/07/2020 | |
| Lucky | 13/02/2020 | |
| Christo1979 | 01/01/2019 | |
| chalky1953 | 25/09/2018 | |
| Ben Rinnes | 12/07/2018 | |
| GaryJones | 20/05/2018 | |
| Frogreen | 15/11/2017 | |
| Alan Caine | 08/11/2017 | |
| DARRENG | 06/04/2017 | |
| Dave Geere | 15/10/2016 | |
| michael | 03/07/2016 | |
| AlanD | 23/02/2016 | |
| MM | 30/05/2015 | |
| Rambling Ray | 23/08/2013 | |
| Edwin Gradwell | 27/07/2013 | |
| mae | 19/07/2013 | |
| jimbloomer | 19/07/2013 | |
| Anton | 03/08/2012 | |
| moorsman | 19/06/2012 |