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Name:Cocker Hill
Hill number:5052
Height:503m / 1650ft
Parent (Ma):1783  Kirkland Hill
RHB Section:27C: The Glenkens to Annandale
County/UA:Dumfries and Galloway
Catchment:Nith
Class:Hump, Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,5,DDew,Y)
Grid ref:NS 75782 15393
Summit feature:no feature
Drop:118m
Col:385m  NS742161  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 71 78
(1:25k) 328N
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 57 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From the SW: parked at start of track to mast. A boggy ATV track goes most of the way.PGCE14/10/2023
Parked by the track to the mast. Onto Black hillAndrew Simmons08/04/2023
Parked at start of track to mast on Todholes Hill. Walked up road, ATV track to fence, then along fence line. Stepped over fence to summit in tussock grass. Back same way. Solo.Dangerous Dave19/11/2022
Parking at bend (NS748146) [severe potholes]. Easy bog trot ATV, gate, hurdle, rough grass, another ATV trackIsbjorn30/05/2022
From highpoint on road parking at the mast access. Easy walk on AV path along fence line short detour to unmarked summit. Fine views south to Cairn Table, Lowthers and Nith Valley.N.Morters18/12/2021
Parked at cattle grid to SW. No idea why JG suggests 30m W. Two gates to summit.Minto19/11/2021
2nd of 5 Humps for the day. From the cattle grid to the SW.NormanW19/11/2021
Roadside verge parking ~30m W of cattle grid (NS 7515 1464). Followed fenceline. Continued on to Potholm Rig then Black Hill for a 8.5k round mostly over quite rough and very wet ground.jonglew13/03/2021
Non descript hill on a non descript day. Walked up from Sanquhar - was actually a very pleasant wander despite the tarmac. Did Todholes Hill as an afterthought.SS17/10/2020
Followed 'gerrybowes', parking at the cattle grid at the high point of the road, up the boggy ATV track, through two gates to the summit.LizH29/07/2020
repeat on the way to black hill.robertphillips29/11/2019
Verge parking about 75 yards west of cattle grid at 750147. A easy 25 minute return solo walk in good conditions.bolton09/05/2019
Parked in front of cattlle grid gate at 751146 - Up well-used track alongside fence to gate at 756153 - Over gate and then a short tussocky walk, partly along an ATV track, to unmarked summit. (S)gerrybowes20/11/2018
P Todholes mast track, revisit on way to Black Hill & Polholm Rig.agentmancuso22/09/2018
From the cattle grid as others.Chris Peart04/08/2018
From road summit. Easy peasy - even in a gale.Eddie27/09/2017
From cattle grid at NS 752146. Room for one carcarole engel12/09/2016
Parked at CG fence atv track to top.robertphillips21/03/2016
From B740. A rather roundabout way as did several other hills on the way out and on the way back, including Cairn Kinney.Alan Moore01/10/2015
Found a weather balloon sond and parachutecjo31/12/2013
Parked at cattle grid. Track beside fence then through gate. Summit near to remains of post but perhaps the other side from DL's photo.chrisbien01/05/2011
Above Sanquhar. Over cattle grid, followed buggy tracks uphill to tussocky top at 10.25. Wooden stake hammered in the peat marked the top. Radar on Lowther hills. Sanquhar to the south.arranc25/02/2011
Parked at mast access point to SW then easy ascent via vehicle tracks but beware 8 snares on this track over a short distance 2/3rds of way to summit.Dugswell221/05/2010
dull damp heather & rough grass, OK view. from pass to SW, wettish path, feasible to park on verge RHW08/04/2006
From junct to SW.agentmancuso15/06/2003
With Slim Jim.The Captain06/08/1995
stevent080907/04/2023
colazione26/03/2023
Fletch09/02/2023
interloper09/02/2023
Dave McG25/12/2022
cmac14/10/2020
PeterAH29/07/2020
ajwxyzt20/07/2020
Tom Mundell13/03/2020
Trekking toes13/03/2020
hillhunter22/06/2019
thenomad19/02/2019
AndyS24/12/2018
Lindsay M21/10/2018
Dave Geere28/10/2017
Martin R09/04/2017
Anton04/06/2016
Steve Q22/12/2015
Alan Whatley12/11/2015
bjewing05/07/2015
mae09/06/2015
chalky195303/07/2013
Kiltie28/04/2013
richtea504019/02/2013