Scotland

Drumelzier Law

DonaldSimm

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Height
668 m · 2,192 ft
Grid reference
NT 14939 31227
Coordinates
55.56730, -3.35041
County / area
Scottish Borders
OS Landranger
72
OS Explorer
336
Summit feature
no feature
Key col
NT155307 (571 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

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Computed astronomically for 55.567, -3.350. 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

cairn 20m NW at NT 14926 31242 is 30cm lower.

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.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
23-Oct-23
Drop measured from
NT155307 · 571 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.

Which hill this one belongs to

Drumelzier Law is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Broad Law (840 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 571 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
Middle Hill 717.2 m 2 km
Pykestone Hill 737 m 2.4 km
Dollar Law 817 m 4.4 km
Cramalt Craig 830.2 m 6.8 km
Greenside Law 643 m 7.4 km
Broad Law 840.1 m 7.7 km