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Name: | Blairshinnoch Hill |
Hill number: | 13498 |
Height: | 198m / 650ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1788 Bennan |
RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
Catchment: | Urr |
Class: | Tump (100-199m), Yeaman (Tu,1,Y) |
Grid ref: | NX 86634 69649 |
Summit feature: | embedded stone in pasture |
Drop: | 85m |
Col: | 113m NX858715 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 84 (1:25k) 313 |
Observations: | possible tumulus |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 12 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Park just past Barbey. Up the side of the empty house through to the field. Next gate in the middle of the field takes you to the corner small gap in the fence leads to another gate, go through and up passed the woods to the top. Return the same way. ( Might be better going by Upper Ingleston) | smocks and denims | 15/03/2024 |
Parked near Barbey. Straight up over sheep grazed pasture | Andrew Simmons | 13/03/2024 |
Parked near Barbey and up through pasture fields, the high wall near the summit the only obstacle | Colin Crawford | 25/02/2022 |
Up from 100m north of barbey gates most of the way, parked on grass verge. | robertphillips | 23/01/2022 |
P minor road to SE, just S of Byrecorft entrance, gradually deteriorating farm track all the way to within 400m of easy pasture, only obstacle is wall nr summit which can be safely crossed 150m S of top by lone tree in bend. | agentmancuso | 03/01/2022 |
From Drumcoltran to the S. Parked on roadside verge at farm entrance. Good farm track for half the distance, then field boundaries and a bit of a woodland section. Some stock fencing and a wall to negotiate. | jonglew | 10/01/2021 |
Via Crochmore. | Adrian | 20/11/2020 |
From SE, track to ruin then pasture E side of plantation. Embedded stone in pasture at hp, possible tumulus. Yeaman, first of several today | RHW | 14/04/2018 |
Farmer in yard by Tower to the south readily pointed out a suitable route to the summit. Up track behind farm, then through field with cattle which i was assured would be fien, they were. Then over a wall. To a flattish area of grass which was the summit | cjo | 21/06/2017 |
Non HuMP Yeaman. Many obstacles to overcome here , scary cattle ,serious electric fences ,high stone walls and barbed wire. | chalky1953 | 23/09/2015 |
Dave Geere | 07/01/2018 | |
Sherlock | 24/09/2006 |