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Name:Bennan Hill
Hill number:7198
Height:258m / 846ft
Parent (Ma):1721  Cairnsmore [Black Craig of Dee]
RHB Section:27B: Carrick and Galloway
Donald area:Galloway Hills
County/UA:Dumfries and Galloway
Catchment:Dee (Kirkcudbright)
Class:Tump (200-299m), Subhump
(Tu,2,sHu)
Grid ref:NX 64866 72459
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:91m
Col:167m  NX641725  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 77
(1:25k) 319 320
Observations:summit in trees; ground 30m N at NX 64873 72485 may be as high
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 11 users)ByDate of Ascent
P now abandoned viewpoint just off A762, track to near upper viewpoint then N from track crest keeping a fair bit W of wall until near top, then short jungle-bash. Down W, slowly, to track for Cairn Edward.agentmancuso20/09/2021
From forest car park (NX 6524 7233). Obvious unmapped track leads up through trees to meet mapped track at NX 6506 7208. S from there to wall, then followed that up. Walked length of the ridge, bit awkward in places due to windthrow etc, took several GPS readings. NX 64871 72466 got it for me. On to Cairn Edward.jonglew26/02/2021
Steep climb up on the way to search for the Secret Cages. Picked up a geocache near the summit.jigglybones02/01/2021
From the cp, track then through the trees to the wall then followed it to within 70m of the summit.robertphillips19/11/2020
Beginning from Loch Trool I followed the forest track and the turned off and made my way up to the summit of Curleywee (674m). From there I dropped down to Bennan Hill and White Bennan Hill before then climbing back up to Bennanbrack and onto the highest point of the day at Lamachan (716m). I then dropped down to Mulldonanch and finished with a difficult descent through tussocks and felled forest to Loch Trool. Including a walk around the Loch at the end I clocked up about 15 miles on a dry sunny day.meltdiceburg22/04/2019
From SE, P£2, mapped forest roads until due S of summit. Just before road end, at NX 64896 71858, ascend keeping L of ridgeline keeping L of windthrow, near summit keep L beside old wall then short easy ascent R to summit, large spruce or tangle of small pines 40m S. S ridge itself is harder going, I came up that way. First of a sunny chilly day.RHW27/10/2018
2nd tump of 3, after Waterside Hill i walked along the road till i could take a forest track detouring to see the Secret Kite cages (Where the D&G contingent of Kites were reared in secret prior to yrelease). I veered off the track to climb onto the ridge that eventually becomes jungle-like. A mossy tangle of branches, bilberry hummocks and the occasional mature spruce. Several contenders for summit recorded then a wet descent to forest track heading for Cairn Edward hill...Dazingdale19/10/2018
Started from the Bennan view car park NX65262 72367. I couldn't understand why this hill had only one one previous log as it is so near the road and a tourist path. Now I do. It's just a pine tree struggle much of the way - whether they're young and closely planted or more mature and fallen in untidy piles. It's not worth the effort - especially in heavy rain. Getting down to the track for Cairn Edward was even worse.Martin R14/12/2013
Alan Whatley07/10/2020
Dave Geere29/04/2017
irobbo24/07/2013