NT085428 10.4.2007
You can park on the A702 at NT078430 for the shortest ascent of the hill but there are 2 electric fences to cross. There is a gate through the first by following the fence straight up the hillside. A vehicle track (not shown on the Landranger map) ascends the SW slope presumably from Brownsbank.
(30 mins, 0.9 miles, 500' of ascent)