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| Name: | Blackcraig Hill |
| Hill number: | 7266 |
| Height: | 502m / 1647ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1773 Colt Hill |
| RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
| Donald area: | Carsphairn Hills |
| County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Catchment: | Nith |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey, Yeaman (Tu,5,DDew,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NS 74194 00993 |
| Summit feature: | no feature |
| Drop: | 63m |
| Col: | 439m NS725021  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 77 (1:25k) 328S |
| Observations: | flat summit area |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
N.B. Some hill summits are on private property or on land where there is no public right of way. Permission should be sought from the landowner where access to a hill summit is through private land(*).
*For information about access rights in Scotland see the ScotWays website.
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 20 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Off-road parking at Chanlockfoot (with permission) for a circuit of Countam, Ox Hill, Blackcraig Hill, Craigdasher and Chanlock Rig. Useful ATV tracks along the ridges. | PGCE | 13/04/2024 |
| From Chanlockfoot | Andrew Simmons | 10/11/2023 |
| Parked at Chanlockfoot (with permission) then up track and cut up to Craigdasher. Along atv track to Blackcraig Hill then down to sheepfold and up Ox Hill easily enough. Its a bit of a slog to Countham but the track down is excellent. Fine day. | SS | 28/05/2022 |
| From Charnlockfoot, roadside parking. Pleasant walk on farm roads and atv tracks to Countam, on to Ox Hill, then down and up to here. On to Craigdasher -> Charnlock Rig, for a 15.5k round. | jonglew | 14/04/2021 |
| Parked on grass verge by Chanlockfoot at 791001 - W. along track to just beyond ruined Chanlockhead - ATV track up W. side of Peathouse Cleuch & then along ridge to unmarked summit. Continued to Ox Hill & Countam. (S) | gerrybowes | 30/10/2018 |
| ACW round of countam, blackcraig hill, ox hill, and lamgarroch from end of public road near appin lodge. | robertphillips | 18/12/2016 |
| Now onto Oxhill crossing supringly deep stream | cjo | 17/12/2016 |
| Along ridge from Chanlock. Headed down SW towards sheepfold, waded knee-deep burn then up Ox Hill. | agentmancuso | 31/10/2015 |
| Non HuMP Yeaman. | chalky1953 | 23/09/2015 |
| With Charlie. P at entrance to Chanlockfoot farm. Track to 778999 then steep track straight up then across to Chanlock Rig then basically track near to fence over Craigdasher and onto Blackcraig Hill back past Criagbuie then track down W side Peathouse Cleuch to main track back. | chrisbien | 02/11/2014 |
| From Appin Lodge: Countam then crossed steep valley, then recrossed to Ox Hill. Hill has a fine steep south flank. | RHW | 30/03/2014 |
| Steve Q | 19/04/2019 | |
| Paul H | 19/04/2019 | |
| Dave Geere | 28/11/2017 | |
| Anton | 13/07/2017 | |
| carole engel | 13/07/2017 | |
| mae | 25/03/2016 | |
| irobbo | 28/04/2014 | |
| Colin Crawford | 17/07/2013 | |
| fasgadh | 09/06/2007 |