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| Name: | Ballageich Hill |
| Hill number: | 13290 |
| Height: | 333m / 1093ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1686 Corse Hill |
| RHB Section: | 27A: Ayr to the River Clyde |
| County/UA: | East Renfrewshire |
| Catchment: | Clyde |
| Class: | Tump (300-399m), Yeaman (Tu,3,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NS 53160 50168 |
| Summit feature: | pile of stones |
| Drop: | 67m |
| Col: | 266m NS551481  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 64 (1:25k) 334 |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 79 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From the B764 layby along grassy path over E top and squelchily to the pile of rounded stones at or near the summit. Spacious views. | Nick Down1 | 06/04/2024 |
| From South Moorhouse. Onto Bennan | Andrew Simmons | 16/02/2024 |
| From the lay-by on a dull and damp day. Nice views. | m11chael | 18/08/2023 |
| From the lay-by on the main road SE of the summit. Steep path up to E Cairn then across wettish ground to the small cairn and surface block which has replaced the destroyed trig pillar. From here returned to the road before crossing to bag Dunwan Hill and Blackwood Hill | Wayne Mac | 18/06/2022 |
| A morning in the wind farm and Whitelee hill then parked in the layby NS53934 50021. A steepish climb up the path which was strewn with the remains of boiled eggs.to follow to the spot height before making my way to Bennan Hill via Bennan Loch. | Buck | 18/04/2022 |
| Irene and Young Hutchie’s | Hutchie | 01/01/2022 |
| Walked in from the roadside. A cold day wit a bit of snow lying so nice and firm underfoot. Fantastic views across to Arran, Ailsa Craig and also to Ben Lomond. | colazione | 28/11/2021 |
| Four Tump round from layby opposite Greenfield. Good path up to Ballageich for awesome views and on to Bennan Hill. Followed blue pipes as shown on Google Earth to Melowther Cottage and on to Dunwan Dam. | lordtonult | 05/10/2021 |
| With Sophia and dziadzio. | jackbien | 19/06/2021 |
| With dziadzio and Jack | sophiabien | 19/06/2021 |
| From NW. See Bennan Hill log for parking tip. | bjewing | 22/03/2021 |
| Up from dam, having followed track leading from Bonnyton Moor Road. | Grinner | 01/11/2020 |
| From the lay-by. Up grassy path and across plateau with good path. Then down north and across dam to Bennan Hill. Returned via east shoulder of Ballageich | Campbell Singer | 26/09/2020 |
| From layby at Greenfield then on to Bennan via the dam. | sclater | 26/07/2020 |
| First hill post Covid-19 lockdown. Parked in the layby opposite the track to Greenfield. Walking poles useful to avoid touching the low gate when crossing over. Good little path to the summit. Hazy views over Glasgow. Continued on to Bennan Hill. | LizH | 02/06/2020 |
| First hill after lockdown.Too warm to wander over to Bennan Hill so lounged around the summit.Antrim hills visible in the distance. | ARM | 01/06/2020 |
| What a view! Cannot think of anything to compare, even at a snails’s pace it’s 5 mins to the top, and the views are beyond compare. Stunning. | Craigieboy44 | 31/12/2019 |
| 1st of a 4tump loop, parking up in the layby, opposite the track to Greenfield at NS53934 50021, then a small path seems to head up to the 327m spot height, recording 335m @ NS 53159 50172 then along to some stones in the sedge. Onwards to Bennan Hill descneding steeply and along the edge of Bennan Loch... | Dazingdale | 27/09/2019 |
| Parked alongside the water works fence near entrance to South Moorhouse Farm. Up track to dam - some works in progress. Along dam wall, over fence then steeply up. Onwards to Bennan Hill - along the dam wall. | Minto | 10/07/2019 |
| From layby NW side B764 (NS 5393 5003). Good grassy track to the top. Trig surface block next to the cairn. | jonglew | 04/05/2019 |
| The easiest (and least boggy) access is probably along the Bennan Loch dam wall, over a wire fence then up grazed patches and sheep tracks through the hummocks onto a narrow footpath running just below the summit ridge to a memorial cairn at the top. | summitter | 24/02/2019 |
| Up via Bonnyton, down via the moor road from Eaglesham. Once of many. | quadbarrel | 03/03/2018 |
| From large layby opposite Greenfield to E. Went to Bennan first, there is a 4wd track which often disappears into the marsh. Attractive reservoirs. Driving wind and rain. Final East Renfrewshire TuMP. | Thearlaichdubh | 24/12/2017 |
| Tufty and boggy. Wide views. | hillsman | 20/08/2017 |
| Another walk up my local hill with great views of Arran and the hills to the north from the summit. Worth the minimal effort to reach the rounded top. | Chris Mac | 13/08/2017 |
| Up from layby on eaglesham road. | robertphillips | 08/12/2015 |
| Childhood sledging hill! | Chris Mac | 07/09/2015 |
| With Jack - warm and dry but still wet underfoot | chrisbien | 03/07/2015 |
| With dziadzo | jackbien | 03/07/2015 |
| Non HuMP Yeaman. | chalky1953 | 23/05/2015 |
| From Eaglesham Moor road, over Ballageich Hill & along the dam to Bennan Hill with Alexander. | agentmancuso | 09/02/2014 |
| From layby. Pile of stones. | chrisbien | 22/06/2013 |
| Last of may visits.An old favourite bike run as a kid. | ARM | 02/08/2009 |
| With Tom & Winnie, to test their new Garmin, approximate date | agentmancuso | 18/07/2009 |
| With kids. | agentmancuso | 06/07/2009 |
| RHW | 13/09/2008 | |
| On a long way back to Eaglesham from Corse Hill. | campagvelocet | 23/02/2007 |
| Really boggy. Amazing views as is actually quite high despite being a short climb. | Thomas McIlvaney | 01/11/2000 |
| Visited from end of Bonnyton Moor road, with Fiona. Been back many times from the main road since. | agentmancuso | 11/02/1995 |
| Arbitrary date to enable inclusion - probably before 1960. | mainnirnamfiadh | 01/07/1956 |
| From Eaglesham Moor road. Over moorland with large snow patches, for sledging. With I, L and M. | The Captain | blank |
| Gallovidian | 04/11/2023 | |
| Martin R | 14/08/2022 | |
| Chris Mac | 05/12/2021 | |
| stevent0809 | 15/09/2021 | |
| Chris Mac | 07/08/2021 | |
| Chris Mac | 22/05/2021 | |
| Chris Mac | 28/12/2020 | |
| hillhunter | 24/10/2020 | |
| Chris Mac | 14/09/2020 |