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| Name: | Upper Hill |
| Hill number: | 7234 |
| Height: | 540m / 1772ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1744 Windy Standard |
| RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
| Donald area: | Carsphairn Hills |
| County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Catchment: | Dee (Kirkcudbright) |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey (Tu,5,DDew) |
| Grid ref: | NS 58078 00413 |
| Summit feature: | large cairn |
| Drop: | 87m |
| Col: | 453m NS587008  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 77 (1:25k) 327 328S |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 20 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Drove wind farm road from NX547984, parking in disused quarry (NS 5762 0073). Walked 400m E on road then up an uncluttered break. | jonglew | 09/05/2021 |
| Glen Afton to Windy Standard mainly on wf roads. Then over to Dugland and out to Upper Hill. Long haul round to Craignane (all wf roads) then back over to Glen Afton. 18 miles and 3000 feet in almost perfect conditions. | SS | 15/08/2020 |
| Parked easily by track junction 400m N. of the sluice at NX 5460 9877 - Up track to junction at 583012 - Turned right & a short walk up tracks to start of firebreak at NS 5843 0094 - Up firebreak & then along ridge to summit cairn. (S) | gerrybowes | 25/02/2020 |
| 9th top of 12 on a 33.3km route from Glen Afton road, climbing Yarngallows Knowe, Struthers Brae, Auchincally Hill, Strandlud Hill, Milray Hill, Craignane, White Hill and Meaul, descending SE on ride to reach track then following this down to the Nick of the Sware then West, leaving to climb on broad ride South to the top. I recorded 537m @ NS 58080 00410. Continuation by descending broad NE ridge on ride edge following track East on Sware Brae, heading for Dugland... | Dazingdale | 22/09/2019 |
| With Alan Dawson & Norman Wares | vegibagger | 20/11/2018 |
| On the way to Dugland from Sluice. | NormanW | 20/11/2018 |
| Possible to drive from sluice up turbine track. Hill recently felled. Small cairn at summit | cjo | 18/08/2018 |
| Park NS 585009. Track then ATV from 584009 up side of forest all way to top | carole engel | 11/09/2016 |
| From NS583009,up firebreak. Trees felled on North slope. | Anton | 08/05/2016 |
| Friday night drive in to 58038 00794 | robertphillips | 29/04/2016 |
| From Water of Deugh roadend via Meaul. Dodging windfarm vehicles. | agentmancuso | 02/04/2016 |
| P at 547984. Track N then E to 584009 then exposed firebreak to clear ground above 510m. | chrisbien | 22/04/2014 |
| Sunday drive-in, from sluice E of Lamford Hill, decent unpaved road, signposted for wind farm. Rougher track a short way west then S up old ride from NS 58038 00794, clear fall, summit unplanted and quite a nice spot. Continued to Craignane Hill. | RHW | 30/03/2014 |
| BaggerGutt | 08/10/2021 | |
| alda | 20/11/2018 | |
| Dave Geere | 12/11/2017 | |
| chalky1953 | 09/09/2015 | |
| mae | 15/07/2015 | |
| irobbo | 14/10/2013 | |
| Colin Crawford | 20/05/2012 |