Scotland

Moorbrock Hill

DonaldHuMPSimm

2 classifications here — HuMP and Simm — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
651.4 m · 2,137 ft
Prominence
113.4 m
Grid reference
NX 62067 98387
Coordinates
55.26033, -4.17204
County / area
Dumfries and Galloway
OS Landranger
77
OS Explorer
328S
Summit feature
no feature: ground 14m SW of tiny cairn
Key col
NX 6143 9925 (538 m)

Access rights here

Yes Right to roam: Statutory right of responsible access to most land and inland water.

Yes Wild camping: Wild camping is broadly lawful under the 2003 Act.

General position for Scotland — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Scotland · check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

Sunrise
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Daylight
Civil twilight ends

Computed astronomically for 55.260, -4.172. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground at cairn (NX 62074 98398) is of very similar height.

The recorded summit point is no feature: ground 14m SW of tiny cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level/Leica RX1250
Record revised
08-Dec-18
Drop measured from
NX 6143 9925 · 538 m

Classification history: col measured at 538.0.

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Which hill this one belongs to

Moorbrock Hill is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Windy Standard (698 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 538 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks

PeakHeightDistance
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn 797 m 2.6 km
Windy Standard 697.9 m 3.1 km
Alhang 642 m 3.4 km
Blacklorg Hill 681 m 6.7 km
Blackcraig Hill 700.9 m 8.5 km
Coran of Portmark 623 m 12.1 km