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Name: | Black Hill |
Hill number: | 13999 |
Height: | 360m / 1181ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2302 The Cheviot |
RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
Catchment: | Tweed |
Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
Grid ref: | NT 83233 23572 |
Summit feature: | grassy mound |
Drop: | 66m |
Col: | 294m NT837234 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 74 (1:25k) OL16E |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 16 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
3 of 8 from near clifton on a very wind day storm Otto, fallen trees cover the top. | robertphillips | 17/02/2023 |
From Clifton, wide grass verges for ample parking (NT 8186 2588). Wood Hill then Cove Hill first, then across to here via Shoulder Hill over easy ground. Dropped down NW to the valley for a pleasant walk back to car on good track for a 7.7km round. | jonglew | 23/01/2023 |
Top covered by wind throw. Tops in grassy area slightly lower | Adrian | 23/01/2023 |
From Cove Hill along the ridge in thick clag and rain. Woodland windthrown, but summit on the edge of the devastation and accessible from the SW. Returned to Clifton | fasgadh | 22/11/2022 |
A circuit from Clifton of Shereburgh, Sunnyside, Wildgoose, Latchly, Black Hag, The Curr, Blackdean Curr, Black Hill, Cove Hill and Wood Hill. Mainly on tracks or closely cropped grass. There is horrendous windblow in this plantation but I got to the HP from the SSW. | sclater | 22/04/2022 |
From Cove Hill via Shoulder Hill, on through trees to find track towards col between The Curr & Blackdean Curr. | agentmancuso | 26/07/2021 |
Third hill of the round starting at Clifton. | Andrew Simmons | 16/03/2021 |
Grassy summit a few m into open plantation. #3 of 7 anticlockwise from Clifton to NNW. Straightforward descent N, 2 gates | RHW | 20/01/2019 |
From Attonburn, track past Blakedean followed all the way to about 100m from summit, then through trees. Parts of wood on map no longer there. | Aye Jimmy | 17/08/2018 |
Open woodland and obvious mound | Colin Crawford | 14/03/2016 |
Parked at Attonburn then headed for Mow Law in the morning mist followed by White Law, Blackdean Curr, Black Hill, Wood Hill and Cove Hill on a six TUMP circuit with Smudge. | Dugswell2 | 03/10/2015 |
Attonburn (Dougswell2mobile) circular. | Smudge | 03/10/2015 |
Alex C | 23/01/2023 | |
carole engel | 25/08/2019 | |
dexly | 21/05/2019 | |
Dave Geere | 25/06/2016 |