Scotland

Comb Law

DonaldSimm

One classification here — Simm — belongs to a list OpenFell holds only part of, so it has no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
645 m · 2,116 ft
Grid reference
NS 94382 07370
Coordinates
55.34900, -3.66719
County / area
South Lanarkshire
OS Landranger
71 78
OS Explorer
329
Summit feature
no feature
Key col
NS937066 (586 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 55.349, -3.667. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (645 m)…

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

Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

level summit area.

The recorded summit point is no feature. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Record revised
10-Dec-12
Drop measured from
NS937066 · 586 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.

Long-distance paths past this hill

One waymarked long-distance route runs within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.

RouteTotal lengthFrom summit
Southern Upland Way 348 km 1.4 km

Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.

Which hill this one belongs to

Comb Law is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Ballencleuch Law (691 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 586 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
Ballencleuch Law 691.4 m 2.5 km
Well Hill 606 m 3.1 km
Scaw'd Law 664.4 m 4.2 km
Wedder Law 673 m 4.9 km
Lowther Hill 725 m 6.3 km
Green Lowther 732 m 6.4 km