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Name: | Castlelaw Hill |
Hill number: | 13764 |
Height: | 488m / 1601ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1816 Allermuir Hill |
RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
County/UA: | Midlothian |
Catchment: | Esk (Musselburgh), Catchment Boundaries, Forth |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | NT 22472 64778 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground near pile of stones |
Drop: | 81m |
Col: | 407m NT225657 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 66 (1:25k) 344 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 177 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the mapped Castlelaw parking area (NT 2301 6374). Good gravel track leads all the way up. On to Harbour Hill, Bell's Hill and return via Kirkton for a 9.2k round. | jonglew | 07/03/2024 |
Quick bag after a visit to rosslyn chapel. easy as, track all the way. Dire day, i presume its a good viewpoint.. | hils | 18/12/2023 |
From the Fort car park | hillsman | 28/07/2023 |
Martin R | 28/07/2023 | |
Duncolm | 07/06/2023 | |
ryancomet | 18/04/2023 | |
With John and Jack 
Run from Flotterstone | fellie | 29/03/2023 |
oscar | 19/03/2023 | |
theplainfamily | 25/02/2023 | |
Lynnebe | 05/02/2023 | |
From the Marilyn with Brian. | Play2End | 28/01/2023 |
Bus to Dreghorn. Fala Knowe, Castlelaw, White Hill had some great views. Bus back from Oxgangs Road. | tsharp | 05/01/2023 |
Chris Mac | 11/12/2022 | |
Matt | 12/11/2022 | |
After inspecting the souterrain and hill fort an anti- clockwise circuit of Castlelaw, Caerketton, Allermuir, Capelaw, Harbour and Bell's Hills on a dry day with generally good visibility. | lordtonult | 23/10/2022 |
Livi2020 | 02/10/2022 | |
Roger C | 04/09/2022 | |
With Carketton and Allermuir | Corin | 31/07/2022 |
Straight up from Castlelaw car park. From Castlelaw Hill onto Capelaw hill > Harbour Hill > Bell`s Hill | Andrew Simmons | 27/03/2022 |
10km loop from the ski centre in just under 2hrs at sun set on a beautiful evening. Taking in Caerketton hill, Allermuir Hill, Castlelaw hill and Capelaw hill. | Nicky C | 25/03/2022 |
stevent0809 | 04/02/2022 | |
Scott Morley 86 | 02/02/2022 | |
Easy hour and a half circuit from the Castlelaw carpark, stopping to explore the souter rain on the way back. | Hirta | 31/01/2022 |
lunch time walk | Paul Digard | 27/01/2022 |
dickiewren | 27/12/2021 | |
Anton | 14/10/2021 | |
IainT | 13/08/2021 | |
Caerketton Hill, Allermuir Hill and Castlelaw Hill from Midlothian Snowsports Centre. | RobB | 13/07/2021 |
RyanHibs | 11/07/2021 | |
Walked up from Dreghorn, down to the hill fort then back along the track to Dreghorn. | rebornscout | 01/07/2021 |
Castlelaw car park at NT 2300 6374 - Up stone track & then well-used path to Allermuir Hill - On return, left track on knoll to NE & along good path/ATV track before making way up stone track to summit - Descended SE on path which rejoins main track on bend. (S) | gerrybowes | 30/06/2021 |
Cumbriancyclist | 18/06/2021 | |
First of three Pentlands | JAdair97 | 15/04/2021 |
with Frances | langskill | 28/02/2021 |
solo partial Pentland Skyline. Should have descended SE from summit rather than retracing my steps. | langskill | 22/02/2021 |
From Castlelaw Farm, up Castlelaw Hill, ovr to Capelaw Hill over Allermuir Hill and down Boghall Glen, back along to Castlelaw Farm. Patches of snow and ice around. With rory and Sally. 6 miles. Set off 10:15 finished 15:00. | Victor | 17/01/2021 |
Set off from Castlelaw Farm at 07:15 to reach the summit and see the sun rise. Unfortunately it was quite cloudy and not much of the sun was seen. Snowy and icy underfoot. Ben, Rory and sally enjoyed it. | Victor | 10/01/2021 |
langskill | 08/01/2021 | |
From Castlelaw Fort, up Castlelaw, Allermuir, and back. Amazing cloud inversion. | Tisteln | 09/11/2020 |
Castlelaw and Allermuir from Castlelaw carpark. | Dibber | 09/11/2020 |
From Boghall | curlebd | 25/10/2020 |
FJB | HFB | 11/10/2020 |
Part of Pentland Skyline training run | DavidGMould | 18/08/2020 |
Tufty | 09/08/2020 | |
With Claire & Ellie. From Capelaw Hill. | MickyRoss | 02/08/2020 |
Clach Liath | 21/07/2020 | |
A good fast grassy run down from Alermuir and a short stiff climb direct up to summit. | Chris Pearson | 12/07/2020 |
lockdown walk from my flat into the Pentlands | langskill | 15/05/2020 |
kenmorti | 25/03/2020 | |
On way to Allermuir. | iangpark | 03/03/2020 |