Scotland

Stob Law

DonaldSimm

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Height
676 m · 2,218 ft
Grid reference
NT 23022 33260
Coordinates
55.58691, -3.22284
County / area
Scottish Borders
OS Landranger
73
OS Explorer
337
Summit feature
cairn
Key col
NT234331 (609 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 55.587, -3.223. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

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Finding the summit

Surveyor's note

ground 40m NE at NT 23048 33286 is as high.

The recorded summit point is cairn. 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
02-Feb-13
Drop measured from
NT234331 · 609 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

Stob Law is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Dun Rig (744 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 609 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
Glenrath Heights 732 m 1.5 km
Dun Rig 744 m 2.9 km
Birkscairn Hill 661 m 4.4 km
Black Law 698 m 5.4 km
Pykestone Hill 737 m 6 km
Dollar Law 817 m 7.5 km