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Name: | Screel Hill |
Hill number: | 13271 |
Height: | 344m / 1129ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1790 Bengairn |
RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Catchment: | Minor Rivers only (North) |
Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
Grid ref: | NX 77958 55316 |
Summit feature: | large cairn |
Drop: | 45m |
Col: | 299m NX778552 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 84 (1:25k) 312 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 76 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Usual path is still closed due to storm damage, but a signposted diversion leads to the top. According to Forestry website car park is now open, but closed signs remain. | NormanW | 10/07/2023 |
With my grandad, Jon Glew, and my brother, Jon Glew. | williamglew | 30/05/2023 |
4 of 4: From Mid Hill. We were informed by 2 walkers descending to the col that the direct path was blocked so we returned to the col and used the good path then track down to the CP. With Karen. | ChrisR | 21/04/2023 |
Morning from forestry parking near Kirkmirran. Forest trail and path to summit. | N.Morters | 20/11/2021 |
From the car park as others. Pleasant hill-not much mud on ridge after dry spell. With Bridget. | catman | 02/09/2021 |
From Bengairn | conanharrod | 24/08/2021 |
From the Screel CP up through the forest to the first outcrop then along the ridge to the summit cairn. Off N towards Bengairn to the start of the track back to the Forest track | Wayne Mac | 27/07/2021 |
Early start to miss the heat, up on summit for 7am breakfast with a view. Temperature inversion in the Urr Valley & on Solway. Grass snake. With dog and HL. | catlovesmaps | 22/07/2021 |
From CP. Track then path to large cairn at summit of SH. Steeply down and then towards MH initially on path then rough terrain. Horrible getting down to the lower SH path. Very hot. | chrisbien | 20/07/2021 |
Lovely walk up through the trees from Screel car park. Followed Andrew Dempster’s route in his book, The Hughs. Visited Mid Hill and then up to Bengairn. With Alfie. | Dangerous Dave | 06/06/2021 |
With Neil and Emm | simon and co | 29/05/2021 |
With Lesley, round walk | Nick Canute | 05/05/2021 |
From car park ESE. Pleasant walk up, improved as elevation gained to a nice rocky ascent. Took the forest track down to make a circular out of it. ***Revisited 30 May 2023 with grandkids Will & Jon. | jonglew | 05/02/2021 |
Climbed up the main path. Frozen near the top which meant less mud. Descended on forest tracks to the west. | jigglybones | 31/01/2021 |
From the Screel Forest car park, straight up and then back via the forest tracks. | Slightly Mad | 03/01/2021 |
Parked in forestry car park just off the A711 (North of Screel Farm) - Waymarked path to Screel Hill (summit) - then rough track to Mid Hill (summit) then on to Bengairn (Marilyn summit and trig) - returned along tracks through the Glen of Screel Burn then Waymarked paths back to car park. | briandavies | 22/10/2020 |
One of many ascents | RO-7023 | 07/08/2020 |
From Screel carpark. Climbed on return from Bengairn. | vuirich | 10/01/2020 |
MC RR Nice track up a popular hill. V muddy and raining hard. | Martin66 | 26/12/2019 |
Easy walk from the car park...Lovely views of the coast. | steven ruffles | 09/10/2019 |
Up the usual path to Screel Hill (very well built for much of its length) from the FC carpark, then over the narrow path through sedge, grass and heather to Mid Hill (nice and open now trees felled, but replacements growing quickly), then more boggy path to Bengairn. Returned eastwards down a worn route through the bracken until a footbridge over the Troudale Burn and gate onto a forest track leads back to the carpark. About 2hrs in total to walk. | summitter | 08/09/2019 |
From Screel Wood car park off the A 711, using forest tracks and the hill path to the SE top and the summit. Returned by outward route. Solo. A fine rugged hill - best of the three. | Man of Kernow1 | 29/06/2019 |
From Scree Hill car park up core path then down to west and across intriguing path to Bengairn. Returned to core path and followed to car. | SS | 23/06/2019 |
With Bengairn Hill, from the Forest Car Park at Screel Hill | nickywood1 | 02/09/2017 |
Screel Hill, Mid Hill & Bengairn from Screel Hill carpark. | agentmancuso | 26/08/2017 |
Very very heavy rain, thunder and lightening when at large rubble cairn. | cjo | 22/07/2017 |
Run up Screel and Bengairn | Eggletina | 20/05/2017 |
Weather fair. | MountainMac | 14/05/2017 |
With Iain and Jack. Right beside Jack's house. | iangpark | 02/02/2017 |
After Bengairn. | Chris Peart | 19/07/2016 |
Climbed Screel Hill and then walked across to Bengairn summit. Completed caches on both. Weather ok on hills but turned nasty on descent. Climbed with Jack. | meltdiceburg | 30/10/2013 |
Made a circular walk out of this one starting at the car park and doing an anti-clockwise circuit. | Walker Dan | 03/05/2012 |
clockwise | borderterrier | 28/02/2010 |
With Tim747, Forestry Commission self guided walk | CreakingHiker | 28/11/2008 |
highlandrock | 24/02/2024 | |
Matt | 02/07/2023 | |
kanderson | 01/01/2022 | |
Jhimmy | 28/08/2021 | |
rustypip | 01/08/2021 | |
cmac | 19/06/2021 | |
Adrian | 22/10/2020 | |
weaselmaster | 04/09/2020 | |
thenomad | 03/09/2020 | |
m0untain_n0mad | 09/03/2020 | |
Simon Winton | 13/04/2019 | |
Tricky | 05/02/2018 | |
JFT_96 | 14/07/2016 | |
tomandivy | 08/06/2016 | |
Dave Geere | 14/02/2016 | |
Machyde | 13/10/2015 |