Scotland

Meikle Says Law

Historic County TopCurrent County/UA TopMarilynHuMP

3 classifications here — Current County/UA Top, Marilyn and HuMP — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.

Height
535 m · 1,755 ft
Grid reference
NT 58121 61734
Coordinates
55.84703, -2.67041
County / area
East Lothian/Scottish Borders
County top
Highest point of East Lothian/Scottish Borders
OS Landranger
67
OS Explorer
345E
Summit feature
trig point
Key col
NT396565 (268 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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Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 55.847, -2.670. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Summit weather live

Loading forecast for the summit (535 m)…

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

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is trig point. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method
Abney level
Record revised
28-Oct-01
Drop measured from
NT396565 · 268 m

Classification history: Berwickshire historic county top (hill 5455) is 100m to S on border.

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

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Rated places to eat within 10 km of Meikle Says Law
PlaceTypeRatingDistance
Castle Park Golf Club CateringRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass4.9 km · NW
Gifford Golf ClubPub/bar/nightclubPass7.8 km · NW
Lanterne Rouge CaféRestaurant/Cafe/CanteenPass7.8 km · NW

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

The Meikle Says Law group

One other listed summit sits in the same prominence group, with Meikle Says Law as the independent hill at its head.

Listed summits in the Meikle Says Law prominence group
SummitHeightDrop
Meikle Says Law (boundary)532 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
Meikle Says Law (boundary)532 m0.1 km
Windlestraw Law659.2 m28 km
Blackhope Scar651.8 m29.7 km