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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 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 11 users) | By | Date 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. | agentmancuso | 20/09/2021 |
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. | jonglew | 26/02/2021 |
Steep climb up on the way to search for the Secret Cages. Picked up a geocache near the summit. | jigglybones | 02/01/2021 |
From the cp, track then through the trees to the wall then followed it to within 70m of the summit. | robertphillips | 19/11/2020 |
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. | meltdiceburg | 22/04/2019 |
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. | RHW | 27/10/2018 |
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... | Dazingdale | 19/10/2018 |
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 R | 14/12/2013 |
Alan Whatley | 07/10/2020 | |
Dave Geere | 29/04/2017 | |
irobbo | 24/07/2013 |