Ballencleuch Law

About Ballencleuch Law

Ballencleuch Law belongs to the Lowther Hills, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Tracks or roads ring most of its flanks, so approaches are numerous; walkers most often start from Durisdeer or from the Daer Reservoir. It carries Graham, Donald, Marilyn, HuMP and Simm status.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Ballencleuch Law (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

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

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Computed astronomically for 55.327, -3.679. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is small pile of stones by fence. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

Leica RX1250

Record revised

15-Dec-24

Drop measured from

NS 9819 0181 · 487.5 m

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

The Ballencleuch Law group

5 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Ballencleuch Law as the independent hill at its head.

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