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Name: | Dunwan Hill |
Hill number: | 18881 |
Height: | 299.4m / 982ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1686 Corse Hill |
RHB Section: | 27A: Ayr to the River Clyde |
County/UA: | East Renfrewshire |
Catchment: | Clyde |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | NS 54694 48947 |
Summit feature: | no feature: grass |
Drop: | 31.1m |
Col: | 268.3m NS 5442 4866 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 64 (1:25k) 334 |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 55 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Walk on a cold but sunny day from the visitor centre | m11chael | 23/03/2024 |
Been here a long time ago before the wind farm development.Direct line from Blackwood Hill through a boggy patch..Pleasant summit woth a nice view. | ARM | 19/09/2022 |
From Busby by bike. Rode shore of Dunwan Res. Followed by mortal struggle through a horrible fence and worse marsh to the Whitelee path network. Great views | fasgadh | 17/08/2022 |
Parked in lay-by to W of the hill and first a there and back up Ballageich Hill. Passed farm and followed signposts to Dunwan Hill and then onto Blackwood Hill | Wayne Mac | 18/06/2022 |
About twenty minutes fro Blackwood hill. A good view of Ailsa Craig and windmills. | colazione | 24/12/2021 |
From Dunwan Dam which was being filled from Bennan Loch, to top of Dunwan Hill. Much detail on Historic Environment Scotland website. By tracks and path to Jonathan de Ferranti's superb view indicator on Blackwood Hill. Returned to car parked opposite Greenfield Farm to find Private No Public Access sign at farm despite official posts marking route. | lordtonult | 05/10/2021 |
Dunwan? Done twa; along with Blackwood Hill. By bike from the Visitor's Centre car park, then short walk on sheep pasture. Great views. Circumnavigation of Lochgoin by bike to finish. With the F.C. | The Captain | 22/04/2021 |
On tracks waymarked from the windfarm visitors centre. | bjewing | 13/03/2021 |
From visitor centre. | Grinner | 08/11/2020 |
Early frosty start after sleeping in car at main wind farm entrance. Sunrise at the summit on a glorious morning. Public access facilities to wind farm are impressive. From the Visitors' Centre CP. | Campbell Singer | 26/09/2020 |
From Ballagiech Hill. Tremendous wide open view to the North. On to Blackwood Hill. | sclater | 26/07/2020 |
Came across from Blackwood Hill. Interesting wee hill fort, and good views to Ben Lomond and the Crianlarich Hills. Returned via the windfarm tracks to the visitors centre, then along to the layby opposite Greenfield where we'd parked. (Windfarm car park still closed due to Covid-19, but signs going up that suggest it may open soon) | LizH | 03/06/2020 |
East Renfrewshire completion in sunny weather 
Few stones at the summit, maybe remains of a cairn. | Adrian | 28/10/2019 |
Final tump of 4 on an 8.8km circuit from the layby opposite Greenfield track climbing Ballageich hill, Bennan and Blackwood, descending Nne to reach track and following it North (with minor detour around flooded area) then Nne to gate and up to summit, recording 302m @ NS 54694 48949 then back down to less steep area and across Nnw to track following it North then veering off Nw to reach path to Greenfield (signposted too) and back to the start. Next: Whitelee Hill... | Dazingdale | 27/09/2019 |
Parked at the visitor centre. Followed the path to turbine 70 and then up the hill. | Buck | 26/05/2019 |
A short hop from Blackwood Hill. | summitter | 24/02/2019 |
Evening cycle of three Tumps whilst staying at Morris E.C. Cycled from the Whitelee Visitor Centre to the N. After Blackwood Hill. Left bikes at gate. Steepest cycle ascent of the whole round was the final climb up the road back to the car park. | Minto | 11/07/2018 |
From visitor centre. With Ben. | hillsman | 05/02/2018 |
A quick out and back to take some photos. Brilliant views on a clear day. | Chris Mac | 05/11/2017 |
Least bad of hills in Whitelee windfarm. Close your eyes to miss the industrial landscape. | Thearlaichdubh | 21/07/2017 |
From nw, icy snowy jog on tracks n path from visitor centre. 215 turbines, running well in a light breeze, some bearings sounding arthritic. | RHW | 19/11/2016 |
With Jack from the Visitor's Centre | chrisbien | 24/06/2016 |
With dziadzo | jackbien | 24/06/2016 |
Revisit with A & R from visitor centre. | agentmancuso | 28/03/2016 |
Gubbed car so local walk this time with Adam. Dunwan and then Blackwood Hill. Low cloud and good snow cover made it a pleasant if eerie walk. | chrisbien | 09/01/2016 |
Gubbed car so local walk. Dunwan and then Blackwood Hill. | chrisbien | 23/12/2015 |
After blackwood wind farm tracks. | robertphillips | 08/12/2015 |
Dunwan Hill-Blackwood Hill-Ballageich Hill (from Eaglesham) | campagvelocet | 24/09/2014 |
With Y, a wee windfarm walk up two Tumps. | Chris Mac | 11/09/2014 |
From windfarm visitor's centre then over top of Blackwood Hill | chrisbien | 25/02/2014 |
On way to Blackwood Hill with Fiona, from visitor centre. | agentmancuso | 07/10/2012 |
Walked out from visitor centre on windfarm tracks, then onto grassy track. | quadbarrel | 10/02/2012 |
Gallovidian | 04/11/2023 | |
Martin R | 13/08/2022 | |
Capt Malbec | 14/11/2020 | |
hillhunter | 24/10/2020 | |
Duncolm | 09/09/2020 | |
rob munbett | 07/06/2020 | |
Sunhat | 06/06/2020 | |
PeterAH | 03/06/2020 | |
Chris Mac | 03/05/2020 | |
Lindsay M | 13/04/2019 | |
Janet M | 13/04/2019 | |
cmac | 01/02/2019 | |
chalky1953 | 06/06/2017 | |
stevent0809 | 07/09/2016 | |
GaryJones | 16/04/2016 | |
BeccaKate | 28/03/2016 | |
ZanderH | 28/03/2016 | |
Colin Crawford | 31/01/2015 |