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Name:Crawston Hill
Hill number:5073
Height:217m / 712ft
Parent (Ma):1799  Killyleoch Hill
RHB Section:27C: The Glenkens to Annandale
County/UA:Dumfries and Galloway
Catchment:Nith
Class:Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,2,Y)
Grid ref:NX 88632 85598
Summit feature:large cairn
Drop:110m
Col:107m  NX867843  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 78
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Observations:large cairn 400m NE at NX 88927 85886 may be as high
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 48 users)ByDate of Ascent
With LJanet M22/01/2023
Repeat up from lagg farm visited both areas.robertphillips18/09/2022
From Lagg Farm, via path to top of forest, then R along wall to wooden fence at corner. Over this, forest on R, wall with barbed wire to L to high point of wall where it is lower and more easily crossed. Also visited alternate high point en-route to Benan Hill.Minto14/02/2022
With Minto - see log.NormanW14/02/2022
From Lagg Farm up core path through forest then up to right. Crossed gate but eventually took on wall (easily enough) then to top. Across to subsidiary top (another gate but also another wall (again easy enough). Then back to forest and way up. Lovely short walk (bar the walls).SS26/07/2021
Followed the right of way up from Lagg through the woodland and then followed the edge of the wood to the summit. Walked over to the northern top before dropping back to the track and back down.3 kinnears07/11/2020
From WNW ample parking at track sign posted path to Lag Tower. Up track then over grassy pasture (on wall to cross) to both highpoints significant cairns SW being highest.N.Morters24/09/2020
From Beacon Hill, via corner of trees to N of Crawston Hill. On to High Germany.agentmancuso18/09/2020
Circuit from Tower to west.richtea504023/07/2020
From Benan Hill via Beacon Hill. Lots of cows and calves.ajwxyzt23/07/2020
Verge parking on road to Drum (NX 8841 8498). Followed the wall up. ***Re-visit 16 Nov 2020 with Adrian. Roadside verge parking at Lagg Farm. High Germany first then across to here, also visited the other 217m high point this time. On to Benan Hill for a pleasant 6km circular walk.jonglew20/01/2020
Parked at the little wood before the track to Drum. Through the gate at the start of the Drum track, then through fields and gates to the first large cairn. Visited the NE cairn. Wall between the two.LizH10/01/2020
P S of Swyre. Short distance along track to Drum through gate. All other gates open to top. No climbing of walls! Visited NE cairn when up Benan on 20/12/16.chrisbien22/05/2018
parked just below swyre visited both areas.robertphillips29/05/2015
Climbed from the SW with Chris Watson and only one wall to climb.Dugswell208/11/2013
SW top NX 88633 85599, 227m GPS; NE top NX 88927 85889, 220m GPS. Both are large old cairns mostly grassed over. From SW, parked to S. Cross walls with care - best done at corners RHW22/10/2011
On bridal path across field and uphill through wood. Clamber over one sturdy stone wall catching new trousers on barbed wire strand on top. 11.00.arranc02/05/2010
interloper03/09/2023
Fletch03/09/2023
Lindsay M22/01/2023
BigNick07/06/2022
Adrian16/11/2020
PeterAH10/01/2020
Tom Mundell01/01/2019
sarah mundell01/01/2019
Noah01/01/2019
Trekking toes01/01/2019
Noah Hyslop01/01/2019
AndyS28/12/2018
softsquare25/07/2018
Dave Geere12/03/2018
carole engel17/07/2017
PM22/04/2017
mae28/02/2016
Alan Whatley11/10/2015
iaindbrown03/04/2015
Andrew Simmons09/02/2014
bjewing24/11/2013
chriswatson08/11/2013
irobbo04/10/2013
Martin R09/09/2013
cjo29/08/2013
alda28/08/2013
chalky195305/07/2013
Kiltie21/03/2013
Steve Q05/01/2013
David Purchase20/05/2011
Colin Crawford14/08/2008