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Name:Black Hill
Hill number:8374
Height:443m / 1453ft
Parent (Ma):506  Meall Mor
RHB Section:07A: Braemar to Montrose
County/UA:Angus, Perth and Kinross
Catchment:Tay
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:NO 20360 56673
Summit feature:small rock 30m E of fence
Drop:39m
Col:404m  NO201570  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 53
(1:25k) 381
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 24 users)ByDate of Ascent
As others, from the road pass and through the firebreakColin Crawford11/06/2023
From the cattle gridGonk09/03/2023
Knockton Hill, Cairn Gibbs, Black Hill, Druid Dearg. Note between Cairn Gibbs and Blackhill there’s much wind throw, best to use the forestry roads.Adrian07/06/2022
Parked at cattle grid 215570. Straight to the top, then on by a very easy path through the forest following the county boundary along a wide firebreak to the top of Knockton.NormanW07/05/2021
Black Hill/Knockton/Cairn Gibbs/Druim Dearg from high point on road.daviemore04/09/2020
Bike from Blairgowriebertbarnett12319/04/2020
black hill, cairn gibbs, knockton, from parking at track entrance to the east.robertphillips07/09/2019
As Alda to Black Hill. Back and along track then firebreak to 200585 and up along fence to Knockton then onwards to Cairn Gibbs. Back to bealach then track N of Knockton nearly to road. Up road then Druim Dearg and back down to car and football in Forfar.chrisbien21/04/2018
Straightforward. Parking at NO 208583, track west then south, good path through firebreak then rougher path alongside trees to summit, which is 30m east of the fence.alda25/06/2015
govanah23/09/2023
Matt10/09/2023
Gallovidian05/03/2023
AFD9003/10/2022
hill walker15/08/2021
thelonious17/07/2021
Tony S06/03/2021
Simon Winton30/12/2020
chalky195303/07/2019
Rod M02/06/2019
Waterlog17/01/2019
richtea504003/10/2018
benarmine03/02/2017
Lindsay M02/08/2015
Canny06/08/2013