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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 (1:25k) 321 |
Observations: | large cairn 400m NE at NX 88927 85886 may be as high |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 48 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
With L | Janet M | 22/01/2023 |
Repeat up from lagg farm visited both areas. | robertphillips | 18/09/2022 |
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. | Minto | 14/02/2022 |
With Minto - see log. | NormanW | 14/02/2022 |
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). | SS | 26/07/2021 |
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 kinnears | 07/11/2020 |
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.Morters | 24/09/2020 |
From Beacon Hill, via corner of trees to N of Crawston Hill. On to High Germany. | agentmancuso | 18/09/2020 |
Circuit from Tower to west. | richtea5040 | 23/07/2020 |
From Benan Hill via Beacon Hill. Lots of cows and calves. | ajwxyzt | 23/07/2020 |
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. | jonglew | 20/01/2020 |
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. | LizH | 10/01/2020 |
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. | chrisbien | 22/05/2018 |
parked just below swyre visited both areas. | robertphillips | 29/05/2015 |
Climbed from the SW with Chris Watson and only one wall to climb. | Dugswell2 | 08/11/2013 |
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 | RHW | 22/10/2011 |
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. | arranc | 02/05/2010 |
interloper | 03/09/2023 | |
Fletch | 03/09/2023 | |
Lindsay M | 22/01/2023 | |
BigNick | 07/06/2022 | |
Adrian | 16/11/2020 | |
PeterAH | 10/01/2020 | |
Tom Mundell | 01/01/2019 | |
sarah mundell | 01/01/2019 | |
Noah | 01/01/2019 | |
Trekking toes | 01/01/2019 | |
Noah Hyslop | 01/01/2019 | |
AndyS | 28/12/2018 | |
softsquare | 25/07/2018 | |
Dave Geere | 12/03/2018 | |
carole engel | 17/07/2017 | |
PM | 22/04/2017 | |
mae | 28/02/2016 | |
Alan Whatley | 11/10/2015 | |
iaindbrown | 03/04/2015 | |
Andrew Simmons | 09/02/2014 | |
bjewing | 24/11/2013 | |
chriswatson | 08/11/2013 | |
irobbo | 04/10/2013 | |
Martin R | 09/09/2013 | |
cjo | 29/08/2013 | |
alda | 28/08/2013 | |
chalky1953 | 05/07/2013 | |
Kiltie | 21/03/2013 | |
Steve Q | 05/01/2013 | |
David Purchase | 20/05/2011 | |
Colin Crawford | 14/08/2008 |