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Name: | Black Hill |
Hill number: | 7598 |
Height: | 517m / 1696ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2184 Gwaunceste Hill |
RHB Section: | 31B: Welshpool to Hay-on-Wye |
County/UA: | Powys |
Catchment: | Wye |
Class: | Subdodd (s5) |
Grid ref: | SO 17415 52327 |
Summit feature: | no feature: heather |
Drop: | 23m |
Col: | 494m SO172525 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 148 (1:25k) 188 200E |
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GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 32 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From Hill Castle via Glascwm Hill. | PeterD | 27/01/2024 |
5 summit circuit from Colva church (space for 2 cars). Llanfihangel Hill, Little Hill, Glascwm Hill, Black Hill, Yr Allt. | PGCE | 22/01/2021 |
from col glascwm and black hill then out and back to red hill good landrover tracks most of way | underhill | 03/07/2020 |
Walked up from col with Glascwm Hill. Good views down to Newchurch & Colva. Social distancing par excellence! | Rob Rees | 30/03/2020 |
After Glascwm Hill & from the col on the road at SO 166534. Returned the same way via tracks through the heather. Dry underfoot. | DanMaisieBex | 23/12/2019 |
From N, P at cattle grid, or good layby a little further W. Frosty morning; some dead bracken and heather in places, but decent ascent | RHW | 15/12/2019 |
As for jonglew | Jim.Fothergill | 28/08/2018 |
petey | 29/04/2018 | |
From top of road to north. Followed paths as I found them. The pathless parts were not too onerous. | clivevilla | 28/01/2017 |
Continued on from Glascwm Hill before returning to road. A tramp over heather and bilberry. | jonglew | 15/06/2016 |
5/9 Fifth of Nine on another wet and windy day (Little Hill West Top/Gwaunceste Hill/Little Hill East Top/Glascwm Hill/Back Hill/Yr Alt/Yr Alt East Top/Bryngwyn Hill/Newchurch Hill) | Fergalh | 20/12/2015 |
Surprisingly nice circular walk, parked at top of pass east of Glascwm, walked down through the village and up onto Little Hill (West one), then followed moors onto Gwaunceste Hill and across to Colva Hill, followed lanes to near Colva Church then went out and back to Yr Allt, then carried onto Black Hill, Glascwm Hill and up and back onto Little Hill (East one) back to car, nice and sunny day, didn't see anyone all day. | DanTrig | 28/10/2015 |
Easy continuation from Glascwm Hill on a grey cloudy morning with rain showers likely. | Dugswell2 | 17/05/2011 |
salen | 25/06/2023 | |
Rob50 | 13/04/2023 | |
Alan Caine | 13/06/2022 | |
Dusty | 09/09/2021 | |
TK | 11/05/2019 | |
iaindbrown | 25/11/2016 | |
sarabines | 13/09/2015 | |
iaindbrown | 23/03/2015 | |
boxblade | 21/02/2015 | |
MM | 17/10/2014 | |
RobertP | 09/02/2014 | |
Anton | 05/10/2013 | |
thenomad | 02/10/2013 | |
stevent0809 | 09/06/2013 | |
Steve Q | 10/11/2012 | |
JohnStoneham | 19/08/2012 | |
Martin R | 25/08/2011 | |
David Purchase | 03/10/2002 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 |