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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 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 57 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the SW: parked at start of track to mast. A boggy ATV track goes most of the way. | PGCE | 14/10/2023 |
Parked by the track to the mast. Onto Black hill | Andrew Simmons | 08/04/2023 |
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 Dave | 19/11/2022 |
Parking at bend (NS748146) [severe potholes]. Easy bog trot ATV, gate, hurdle, rough grass, another ATV track | Isbjorn | 30/05/2022 |
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.Morters | 18/12/2021 |
Parked at cattle grid to SW. No idea why JG suggests 30m W. Two gates to summit. | Minto | 19/11/2021 |
2nd of 5 Humps for the day. From the cattle grid to the SW. | NormanW | 19/11/2021 |
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. | jonglew | 13/03/2021 |
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. | SS | 17/10/2020 |
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. | LizH | 29/07/2020 |
repeat on the way to black hill. | robertphillips | 29/11/2019 |
Verge parking about 75 yards west of cattle grid at 750147. A easy 25 minute return solo walk in good conditions. | bolton | 09/05/2019 |
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) | gerrybowes | 20/11/2018 |
P Todholes mast track, revisit on way to Black Hill & Polholm Rig. | agentmancuso | 22/09/2018 |
From the cattle grid as others. | Chris Peart | 04/08/2018 |
From road summit. Easy peasy - even in a gale. | Eddie | 27/09/2017 |
From cattle grid at NS 752146. Room for one car | carole engel | 12/09/2016 |
Parked at CG fence atv track to top. | robertphillips | 21/03/2016 |
From B740. A rather roundabout way as did several other hills on the way out and on the way back, including Cairn Kinney. | Alan Moore | 01/10/2015 |
Found a weather balloon sond and parachute | cjo | 31/12/2013 |
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. | chrisbien | 01/05/2011 |
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. | arranc | 25/02/2011 |
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. | Dugswell2 | 21/05/2010 |
dull damp heather & rough grass, OK view. from pass to SW, wettish path, feasible to park on verge | RHW | 08/04/2006 |
From junct to SW. | agentmancuso | 15/06/2003 |
With Slim Jim. | The Captain | 06/08/1995 |
stevent0809 | 07/04/2023 | |
colazione | 26/03/2023 | |
Fletch | 09/02/2023 | |
interloper | 09/02/2023 | |
Dave McG | 25/12/2022 | |
cmac | 14/10/2020 | |
PeterAH | 29/07/2020 | |
ajwxyzt | 20/07/2020 | |
Tom Mundell | 13/03/2020 | |
Trekking toes | 13/03/2020 | |
hillhunter | 22/06/2019 | |
thenomad | 19/02/2019 | |
AndyS | 24/12/2018 | |
Lindsay M | 21/10/2018 | |
Dave Geere | 28/10/2017 | |
Martin R | 09/04/2017 | |
Anton | 04/06/2016 | |
Steve Q | 22/12/2015 | |
Alan Whatley | 12/11/2015 | |
bjewing | 05/07/2015 | |
mae | 09/06/2015 | |
chalky1953 | 03/07/2013 | |
Kiltie | 28/04/2013 | |
richtea5040 | 19/02/2013 |