Scaw'd Law
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- Height
- 664.4 m · 2,180 ft
- Prominence
- 57.5 m
- Grid reference
- NS 92219 03786
- Coordinates
- 55.31634, -3.69991
- County / area
- Dumfries and Galloway/South Lanarkshire
- OS Landranger
- 78
- OS Explorer
- 329
- Summit feature
- no feature: ground by wall
- Key col
- NS 9280 0440 (607 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 55.316, -3.700. 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
Donald summit is 290m S, by wall, at NS 92275 03497 and is 1.9m lower.
The recorded summit point is no feature: ground by wall. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Leica RX1250
- Record revised
- 23-Oct-23
- Drop measured from
- NS 9280 0440 · 607 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
Scaw'd 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, 607 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
| Peak | Height | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ballencleuch Law | 691.4 m | 1.8 km |
| Wedder Law | 673 m | 2.1 km |
| Well Hill | 606 m | 2.8 km |
| Gana Hill | 668 m | 4.2 km |
| Comb Law | 645 m | 4.2 km |
| Earncraig Hill | 611 m | 5.6 km |