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Name: | Knockower |
Hill number: | 7188 |
Height: | 511m / 1677ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1689 Corserine |
RHB Section: | 27B: Carrick and Galloway |
Donald area: | Galloway Hills |
County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Dee (Kirkcudbright), Doon |
Watershed: | Mull of Galloway to St Abb's Head, Firth of Clyde |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey (Tu,5,DDew) |
Grid ref: | NX 51624 94341 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 30m |
Col: | 481m NX515940 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 77 (1:25k) 318 |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 62 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Green Well, loop of Knockower, Coran of Portmark, Bow, Meaul & Cairnsgarroch. All pretty good underfoot other than the climb from the mine up Knockower (couldn't find the trail). | Tisteln | 27/02/2024 |
ATV track leaves path near plantation at 52783 94036 and leads to the col by Knockower and then up to the Donald summit. Track is obvious in winter but perhaps overgrown in summer. | 49pp | 28/02/2023 |
Limited parking just S of bridge (NX557943). Garryhorn, lead mines. The stile under the tree SW of the highest building leads into a purgatorial sea of toody blussock grass. An ATV track higher up may originate from the NE corner of this building. Left this ATV for Knockower and then the descent towards Black Craig was pathless purgatory until the wall was reached at about NX510428 (orienteering flag) then a thin path to the top. Returned to the wall and followed its E side, S, on a faint path continuing up the fence line to Corran of Portmark (no sign of the path through the bealach to Portmark). ATV tracks over Bow to Meaul. A faint rough path descends Meaul, E, to Cairnsgarroch and along its NE ridge until it fizzles out in boulders. Continued toward and around W flank of Craighit then N along a low ridge, mostly on mild veg, to the intact building at the mines where the river can be crossed at a bar. | Isbjorn | 16/06/2022 |
In passing with J en route to Cairnsgarroch, unintentionally! | NotReallyABagger | 30/05/2022 |
From Green Wells of Scotland for a round of Knockower, Black Craig, Coran of Portmark, Bow, Meaul and Cairnsgarroch. | rhalstead | 16/04/2022 |
Parking at Green Wells of Scotland (NX 5574 9442). Through Garryhorn with mapped track then atv track leading well up on to Cairnsgarroch -> Meaul then continued along ridge to the 3 Bow tops -> Coran of Portmark then dropped down to here. On to Black Craig -> Craigencolon -> Cullendoch Hill for a pleasant 20k walk. | jonglew | 15/05/2021 |
From Green Well of Scotland. | thekirkie pirate | 07/05/2021 |
To the old lead mines from GWoS then quick bags of Knockower and Black Craig before hitting the main ridge of Coran of Portmark, the Bows, Meaul, Carlin's Cairn, and Corserine. We then doubled-back to just shy of Meaul, contouring round to the Meaul-Cairnsgarroch beallach before heading up to the latter summit. Back to the camper van via Craighit and Garryhorn. A grand day out - 7.5hrs. | summitter | 01/05/2021 |
From Green Well. Knockower, then full ridge to Meikle Millyea, including Cairnsgarroch. A super ridge walk. Sunny and very clear so great views. Descent to Clenrie was pretty rough. With B and R. | jenx | 26/09/2020 |
From Green Well of Scotland. Knockower, Corran of Portmark, Bow, Meaul, Cairngarroch. | Longwojo | 09/09/2020 |
Circular route from Carsphairn. Knockower, Black Craig, Coran of Portmark, Bow (+middle and SW tops), Meaul, Carlin's Cairn, return via Cairnsgarroch, descent E and a nasty entry to forestry to reach forest road, exit to climb Bardennoch Hill and path back to Carsphairn. Fine weather but lots of flies. | RobertP | 08/08/2020 |
Parked in layby on A713 at 525977 & up Craigencolon & Black Craig. From Black Craig, faint path down to col & then a bit of a slog up over heather, bilberry & tussock to the unmarked summit. Descended E. & joined forest track by small arch bridge over Polcarrock Burn - Tracks back to car. (S) | gerrybowes | 18/06/2019 |
4th hill on a North to Mid-ridge Rhinns traverse, climbing Cullendoch, Craigencolon and Black Craig, fairly straightforward descent and ascent to summit. Checked out ground further South but it is at least a metre lower. Marginal tump according to my gps. Profiled around to avoid dropping too low on climb to Coran of Portmark... | Dazingdale | 20/04/2019 |
From Great Well of Scotland along mine track past Garryhorn, then an anticlockwise circuit of Knockower, Black Craig, Corran of Portmark, Bow's three tops, Meaul and Cairnsgarroch. Rough going over the first two tops, then a glorious ridge walk looking over Loch Doon to the Awful Hand. I followed a pleasant grassy trod off the NE ridge of Cairnsgarroch, which led me to a man-eating tussock grass swamp at the foot of the ridge, and a tight-rope walk over a wooden weir pole to escape to the mine track. | Nick Down1 | 30/03/2019 |
Onway to carlins cairn | cjo | 02/06/2018 |
From GWoS to lead mines then pretty much straight up Knockower. Back to col and atv track to Coran of Portmoak than along ridge in heat and strong winds to Meaul. Followed dyke to Cairnsgarroch then off east flank picking up atv at fence junction to ford at Garryhorn. | SS | 27/05/2018 |
From Lamloch with Brian R. Two tops? | Play2End | 31/03/2018 |
Solo. A quick detour on the way to Corran of Portmark. Awful ground underfoot. | Dangerous Dave | 08/08/2017 |
Traverse of the hills to the north of Corserine. Parked near Holm of Daltallochan at NX 55527 94266 just off A 713 - room for 1-2 cars. Followed lane and track west to the leadmines, but missed track beyond to bealach and ended up ascending south flank of the hill over very rough ground, till finding the track near the bealach. Then a short rough pathless ascent east to the summit. Walk continued to Coran of Portmark. Solo. | Man of Kernow1 | 03/06/2016 |
With Black Craig. Good path off Black Craig to wall then rough to top, slightly easier going from 480m. Cairn long gone, remains covered by grass. Back direct to firebreak NX515952 Lamloch Burn and then track to finish. | Anton | 08/05/2016 |
black craig and knockower ACW from drumjohn parked at power station. | robertphillips | 03/03/2016 |
Bit of a trudge through long grass up from Black Craig col, down NE to track & back to Drumjohn. | agentmancuso | 22/08/2015 |
P opposite Green Well. Road and track to Garryhorn and mine. Quad bike track to near col then up to summit. | chrisbien | 25/05/2015 |
Coran of Portmark, Bow, knockower, Black Craig | borderterrier | 22/04/2012 |
Dullish summit & view. MarHoF 2007 with C Crawford & P Cooper. S-N 2-car Rhinns traverse | RHW | 09/06/2007 |
Afternon round of Northern Rhinns of Kells on the way home. | Eddie | 23/09/1994 |
Second of fifteen done on the way from Lamloch to Mid Garrary | Alan Moore | 28/05/1990 |
thenomad | 02/02/2023 | |
PM | 06/08/2022 | |
stevent0809 | 16/07/2022 | |
RobB | 26/03/2022 | |
MKInnes | 20/03/2022 | |
BaggerGutt | 07/10/2021 | |
Tricky | 03/07/2021 | |
AlanD | 26/06/2021 | |
Robin56 | 19/04/2021 | |
colazione | 15/04/2021 | |
richtea5040 | 07/08/2019 | |
Rambling Ray | 13/07/2019 | |
Tony S | 21/05/2019 | |
Gavin Theobald | 17/04/2017 | |
easers | 27/03/2017 | |
tomandivy | 09/09/2016 | |
carole engel | 24/08/2016 | |
chalky1953 | 08/04/2016 | |
weaselmaster | 24/03/2016 | |
ngthack | 15/10/2015 | |
IainK | 10/09/2014 | |
mm0walker | 26/08/2014 | |
irobbo | 15/05/2014 |