Summit Register

Graham · Scottish Borders, Scotland

Windlestraw Law

659.2 m

2,163 ftDrop 459.7 mNT 371 430

Finder: 3 Grahams in Scottish Borders

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmWindlestraw Law659.2Blackhope Scar651.8Dun Rig742.7Broad Law840.1Andrewhinney Hill677.3
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmWindlestraw Law659.2Blackhope Scar651.8Dun Rig742.7
Looking north, 9846 km wide, heights ×3133 (method).

Windlestraw Law is a Graham of 659.2 m in Scottish Borders. The key col lies 33.7 km away to the west, at 199.5 m.

In the database's Firth of Forth to the River Tweed region it is the highest of two register hills, above Blackhope Scar. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the west, so it stands at the eastern edge of its group. On the Grahams height ladder it sits between Carn Glas-choire (659.4 m) and Creag Ruadh (Highland, NN685881) (658.8 m). Its nearest higher summit, Birkscairn Hill (661.6 m, 13.8 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit659.2 mKey col199.5 mdrop 459.7 msea level
Key col NT 0393 3681, 33.7 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

659.2 m669th highest of 737 in Scotland

Drop

459.7 m231st of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

13.8 km102nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Blackhope Scar7.7 km north-west
    651.8 m
  2. 2
    Dun Rig16.5 km south-west
    742.7 m
  3. 3
    Broad Law29.7 km south-west
    840.1 m
  4. 4
    Andrewhinney Hill33.9 km south-west
    677.3 m
1234Blackhope ScarDun RigBroad LawN10 km

Lists

  • 163rd highest of 231 Grahams
  • 26th highest of the 31 Donalds profiled here
  • 751st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Birkscairn Hill, 661.6 m, 13.8 km south-west
Region
28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
OS map
73
Summit
No feature: ground by fence junction 40m SW of trig point
DoBIH no.
1800
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Windlestraw Law

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures