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Name:Black Hill
Hill number:7286
Height:383.4m / 1258ft
Parent (Ma):1678  Tinto
RHB Section:27C: The Glenkens to Annandale
Donald area:Culter Hills and Tinto
County/UA:South Lanarkshire
Catchment:Clyde
Class:Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,3,Y)
Grid ref:NS 90480 24335
Summit feature:a few stones
Drop:100.6m
Col:282.8m  NS 8954 2665  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 71 72
(1:25k) 335
Comments:Promoted to Hump status January 2013
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 61 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
From Strand- a gentle ascent with traces of a path.hillsman30/08/2023
Bonus Hump this afternoon before dashing back to Abington services for the bus down to Moffat as Tewsgill and Castle Hill were a good deal quicker than expected.Alex C26/10/2022
Parking for 2 cars in small layby at telephone exchange to N. Direct line from there.jonglew08/01/2022
Couldn't resist one last hill to end the day, the trip and the year. Easy bag from The disused GPO telephone exchange.Wycombe Wanderer31/12/2021
From layby to the North.NormanW14/11/2021
Lovely sunset following morning rain. From Layby parking at Strand to the north. Slightly boggy start over BWF but easy going grass to summit via CairnN.Morters16/10/2019
From opposite Strand up and down ridge - not damp at all contrary to previous reports.SS21/09/2019
Parked N of the hill at Strand, where there's an in-shot for a couple of cars. A bit boggy just over the fence, but pleasant walk on grass once onto the hill.LizH16/06/2019
From the layby next to the telephone exchange. A probably less boggy start could be made from further N, turning W near cottage and junction. 14 mins up. 9 mins down.Minto27/10/2018
Park at pull in by telephone exchange which might be in private ownership. Quick sunny walk across boggy ground which soon improvescjo05/05/2018
Parked Strand. A bit boggy at start, then reasonable going on Hill. Faint quad track passing cairn, to Top. Good view to S.W. over hill fort. With the F.C.The Captain10/10/2017
Up from the Strand, or just up the road a bit to good parking on West side of old A74. 14 mins up, 10 down. Not hard but good viewpointnordicstar27/08/2017
Parked at Strand. Over gate and gentle incline to summit. With Evan & Danu.Dangerous Dave14/05/2017
Low cairn marked HP on domed level-ish grassy pasture. Ascended from Duneaton bridge with Graham and R . Clear and extensive viewsDenise 18/04/2017
Parked near Strand. Descent by Duneaton Bridge to the NE which is now heavily defended by barbed wirebenalder28401/06/2016
From StrandRobertP31/05/2016
Good parking on old road at Strand.Campbell Singer12/10/2015
Do The Strand. Parking, path, pretty good pasture.alda06/03/2015
up from strand no views.robertphillips27/01/2015
Climbed from the B-road to the north in my wellies as condition wet especially near the start.Dugswell230/11/2014
Pasture, cairn.Adrian28/04/2014
Park opp Strand to N. 30 min plod. 2nd of 6Thearlaichdubh14/03/2014
Let's all walk up from Strand. Have a banana.Martin R02/01/2014
From Strand.chrisbien26/12/2012
377m, stones in pasture. From NE, private drive, barbed-wire br, gate, soggy rushy pasture then nice steep grass. RHW22/10/2011
From road to N, Yeaman.agentmancuso12/02/2006
stevent080913/01/2024
Gallovidian15/01/2023
Tricky11/02/2022
Crumblie228/01/2022
Dave McG27/12/2021
Matt15/09/2021
interloper14/12/2020
Fletch14/12/2020
ARM24/07/2020
Tom Mundell19/01/2020
Trekking toes19/01/2020
Lionel Bidwell14/09/2019
PeterAH16/06/2019
cmac05/01/2019
AndyS16/11/2018
thelonious01/06/2018
carole engel19/08/2017
RichardM18/04/2017
ianwatson13/12/2016
Dave Geere01/11/2016
richtea504003/10/2016
Andrew Simmons22/11/2015
Alan Whatley14/11/2015
mae19/09/2015