| Name: | Black Hill |
| Hill number: | 7237 |
| Height: | 531m / 1742ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1772 Well Hill |
| County/UA: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Topographical area: | SS02 Lowther-tinto |
| SMC/RHB section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
| Donald area: | Lowther Hills |
| Catchment: | Nith |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey (Tu,5,DDew) |
| Grid ref: | NS 89463 05844 |
| Summit feature: | trig point |
| Drop: | 89m |
| Col: | 442m NS902058  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 71 78 (1:25k) 329 |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 83 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Parked at Durisdeer Kirk, Black Hill, Penbane, Turn Hill and then Well Hill. Back along the Roman road. | colazione | 20/06/2024 |
| Black Hill, Turn Hill and Well Hill then back along path to Durisdeer. | Longwojo | 27/08/2023 |
| First of three from Durisdeer | Andrew Simmons | 10/07/2023 |
| Parked at Durisdeer church, then clockwise round of Black Hill, Penbane, Capel Hill, Turn Hill, Well Hill, Durisdeer Hill and Scaw’d Law before returning on track. Another fine day. | PeterD | 16/06/2023 |
| From Durisdeer Church, along track, left at footpath to Black Hill signpost, ATV track over burn and along ridge over Wether Hill, onto Black Hill, then ATV tracks nearly all the way over Penbane, Capel Hill and onto Well Hill. Path down left side of fence directly to track. Lovely walk out down valley along track. 6.5miles. | JulieB | 18/04/2023 |
| See https://scotlandhills.net/circuit-of-capel-cleuch-nithsdale/ | hill walker | 26/02/2023 |
| Circuit from Durisdeer. 1 of 5 | thekirkie pirate | 13/01/2023 |
| From the layby opposite Dalveen Toll Cottage: Capel Hill, Well Hill, Turn Hill, Penbane and Black Hill. Some good sheep/human tracks and ATV tracks. | sclater | 13/01/2023 |
| From Durisdeer Church. Well Hill, Turn Hill, Capel Hill, Penbane, & Black Hill. | Minto | 01/11/2022 |
| Parking at Lavern Burn bridge NS902073. Brutally steep ascent of Capel Fell, a few sheep scrapes provide respite. Turn Hill, Penbane, Black Hill, ATV tx assist. Brutally steep descent of NE ridge, via Farding Hole, to Dalveen Toll Cottage. | Isbjorn | 20/09/2022 |
| 2 of 5: After Hods Hill we drove to Durisdeer. Used Ronald Turnbull's Cicerone book. With Karen. | ChrisR | 09/08/2022 |
| Up south ridge on signposted footpath from Durisdeer. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 19/05/2022 |
| Circular walk from Durisdeer, first up Black Hill, then Penbane. Then down to the Roman Fortlet which was the main objective. Very enjoyable walk, best done circular as the track up Black Hill is better and these hills are VERY steep. | hils | 25/04/2022 |
| From Durisdeer, then on to Capel Hill, Penbane and back along the Roman road to the car. | NormanW | 13/10/2021 |
| Great hills. Long descent to the village. | Play2End | 12/08/2021 |
| First and last checkpoint on the Durisdeer Hill Race. | Eddie | 12/06/2021 |
| As part of Durisdeer Hill Race. | quadbarrel | 12/06/2021 |
| From Durisdeer, parking for 2-3 cars at the church. Excellent stalkers track up to the county line, then Durisdeer Hill -> Well Hill -> Capel Hill -> Turn Hill -> Penbane. Down to Glenbo Haas and up to here via the 515m spot height. Descended over Wether Hill back to church. Lots of good little trods and atv tracks to make life a little easier. A very pleasant 8.5 mile round. | jonglew | 24/03/2021 |
| From Durisdeer - Very impressive - Wether Hill - Black Hill (and Trig) - Glenbo Hass - Turn Hill - Well Hill - Dropped to course of Roman Road - Section towards Durisdeer in valley base still visible in the landscape - Roman Fortlet very well preserved and worth a visit - returned to Durisdeer explored the interesting graveyard the Church closed alas due to Covid 19. | briandavies | 21/10/2020 |
| Parked at the church in Durisdeer and followed the Well path to beneath Well hill and climbed via a diagonal path and then a steep section up and over the brow before becoming easier towards the summit, route continued on to Capel Hill, Penbane and Black Hill with its grand view of the Lowthers. Returned over Wether Hill to reach the Well path and back to the car, just over Six and a quarter mile in Three hours. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 09/10/2020 |
| From Durisdeer. Signed path to Black Hill, then across to Penbane, Turn Hill, Capel Hill. Return to beallach between Penbane and Turn Hill and took ATV track down to Roman Road and excellent fort on return. Sunshine, rainbows and later more extended rain. | RobertP | 01/10/2020 |
| From Durisdeer Church. Black Hill, Penbane, Turn Hill, Capel Hill & Well Hill. Constant rain, 100m vis, gale force wind. Apart from that, a good day! With PM. | CJM | 30/01/2020 |
| Parked outside the church at Durisdeer. Up the south slope with CM in mist, wind and rain! | bolton | 30/01/2020 |
| ROC C day 2 | nix_snilloc | 29/09/2019 |
| Part of ROC MM | Jim T | 28/09/2019 |
| A pleasant grassy hill. Ascended from Durisdeer on a sunny afternoon. There is a signed footpath from the Well Path. Walked on to Penbane. | JohnW | 28/05/2019 |
| Parked by the surprisingly large church in Durisdeer - Up track out of village to sign for Black Hill - Through gate, across wooden bridge over Kirk Burn & up well-used ATV track to trig point summit. Continued to Penbane, Capel Hill & Well Hill. (S) | gerrybowes | 11/12/2018 |
| From Durisdeer up atv track to Black Hill then on to Penbane. Dropped back to col then followed fence before cutting up to Turn Hill and atv track to Capel Hill before returning and up by wall to Well Hill. Returned by Blawbar and Well Road/Roman Fort. | SS | 21/07/2018 |
| From Durisdeer, after Well Hill and Penbane. | Chris Peart | 13/12/2016 |
| 3rd hill of 10 today on an epic alternative Southern upland Way walk from Sanquhar to Moffat, climbing Dalpeddar hill and Cairn hill, descending steeply to cross Enterkiln burn, ascending Rashy hill, crossing Dalveen Lane via the branches of a tree to arrive at the foot of Black hill. I climbed over the fence to ascend the slopes in between Wee Cleuch and Big Cleugh. Very steep ascent that really tired me out. Eventually i gained the brow where a track makes for easier going and leads close to the summit. I was relieved to get to the trig. Very impressive terrain. | Dazingdale | 02/05/2016 |
| clockwise round of black hill, penbane,turn hill, capel hill, well hill,durisdeer hill, scawd law, glenleith fell, from durisdeer parked at the church, breezy on the tops today. | robertphillips | 28/12/2015 |
| Black Hill, Turn Hill, Well Hill | borderterrier | 20/07/2013 |
| Parked at church in Durisdeer. Track up Kirk Burn. After 50m is a sign for Black Hill. Over concrete bridge then a track all the way. | chrisbien | 13/01/2012 |
| With Rhona Fraser. Ascended after retiring from OMM. | pwbellarby | 28/10/2007 |
| Last leg of a walk over Wedder Law(qv) and Well Hill(qqv); splendid finish down the S ridge back to Durisdeer, our starting point. With Pete. Clear weather with a few non-threatening snow showers. | pwheeler | 22/03/2004 |
| fine steep grassy hill. | RHW | 23/03/2003 |
| P Durisdeer, S ridge to Black Hill, Penbane, Turn Hill, Well Hill, back down Roman Road, with Fiona. | agentmancuso | 18/01/2003 |
| MacAoidh | 31/08/2024 | |
| ArdrossanWintonRover | 21/07/2024 | |
| kathyh | 21/07/2024 | |
| Pete R | 30/03/2024 | |
| Adrian | 30/03/2024 | |
| interloper | 11/12/2023 | |
| nicolajane | 10/02/2023 | |
| AlanD | 28/10/2022 | |
| stevent0809 | 11/10/2022 | |
| Alex-012 | 31/07/2022 | |
| Dave McG | 07/11/2021 | |
| IainT | 12/08/2021 | |
| BasherBob | 12/08/2021 |