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Name:Dirrington Great Law
Hill number:1825
Height:398m / 1306ft
RHB Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Marilyn, Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman
(Ma,Hu,Tu,3,Y)
Grid ref:NT 69835 54920
Summit feature:small cairn on heathery mound
Drop:157m
Col:241m  NT694539  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 67 74
(1:25k) 345E
Observations:cairn is 25m East of trig point (NT 69809 54922)
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 246 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Parked E of Kettelshiel. Followed track up most of way.colazione19/01/2024
Parked in a solid laybe as per others. Old hill track which turns into red clay ( wet and muddy ), then heathery ruts. Over dronshiel and onto D Great Law. A dry sunny day. Return same route.VerySlowPlodder22/10/2023
Not entirely clear where to park but managed to get on the verge. Easy enough hill. Trigpoint on its sidetallblond13/10/2023
follow the red clay roadBLACKHILL07/09/2023
Parked as others on layby on B6496 - 687517. Great grassy track to summit of Dirrington Little Law. Some heather, but mainly Grouse butt paths and good tracks down to Kippet Law Cottage. Good track most of way up Dirrington Great Law, but some deep heather mid way. Shorter higher. Recumbent trig found. Down SE then SW on mainly good tracks. Left track to cut across fieldvto Kettelshiel Bridge, then 1.5km back along quiet road to car. 9.6km, sunny & dry. Lovely views throughout.Lynnebe02/09/2023
From the gate at NT712552. A gentle ascent along the red clay track and up the ridge from Dronshiel Hill to the three cairn-mounds on the summit.Nick Down101/07/2023
From the gate on the road to the NE of the hill about 708554 we followed the red clay track up to the dyke which we followed uphill to the trig.DavieRuts27/06/2023
Last of 3 Marilyns today. Parked at gate NT71155 55210. It had been raining lots during the previous days and the track from the gate immediately showed this. It was a horrible red clay. There is no escaping the track as it was dug out and the spoils tipped over the side making walking next to the track impossible. Track leads to the top. My boots have almost been stained red.Jhimmy25/03/2023
Third of 3 Ma btw N Berwick and Duns. Route as gerrybowes except on the way up I used the path on the E side of the wall, entering Henlaw Wood at a gate where the red track turns W. It's definitely better to follow the red track all the way, as I did on descent. Huge mown strips in the heather to the summit area made the ascent easy to the most distinctive summit of the day- back to car just before the showers caught up with me. My 3 walks totalled 20 kmpwheeler18/09/2022
tim747 route. 45 minutes up and down.Wycombe Wanderer31/08/2022
Parked in an old quarry along the SUW/minor road that runs parallel to Dye Water, SW of Longformacus. Followed a track through the woods and out onto the rather disfigured moor to Dimples Lees. Cut heather made the ascent of Dirrington Great Law to its toppled trig straightforward enough, then down to Kippetlaw cottage and up besides a row of shooting butts to Little Law and its unnecessarily large crucifix. Returned via tracks, trying to avoid trampling rampant amphibians along the wetter sections.summitter27/03/2022
After Spartleton. Parked at the gate and walked up track through plantation, then across managed heather to the summit and the nearby toppled trig point.the pigguy 21/03/2022
Route as described by bolton and by gerrybowes. Solo.Dangerous Dave03/11/2021
As logged by gerrybowes. Got a bit wet - so went to St Abbs Head and got very wet indeed.m0jla09/09/2021
Easy parking to side of gate at NT 7115 5520 - Up well-used vehicle track which heads across the flanks of Dronshiel Hill & meets the wall at 208543 - From there, up a wide track that had been cut through the heather & when this ends up wide strips of cleared heather to the summit cairn. (S)gerrybowes29/06/2021
Followed the SE fence line. Windy and sunny.Play2End12/06/2021
Parked next to gate at 711552. Followed reddish path which bears no resemblance to the one on the OS map. An easy return walk of 70 minutes in light drizzle. Solo.bolton15/10/2020
3 of 3: After Meikle Says Law. Used Tim747's route. With Karen.ChrisR07/09/2020
Ran up from Longformacus via deep heathery slog. With Dirrington Little LawIloveducks06/09/2020
With Iain. First hill of day in deep Border country. Took longer than expected but pleasant heathery summit. Parked by bridge.iangpark06/07/2020
Alone. Ascent via ATV tracks from bridge to NE.SpudGunn08/07/2019
A great walk on a sunny clear day - From old quarry just outside Longformarcus - followed Southern Upland Way (along lane) to Watch Water and onto Twin Law (summit and cairns) - returned to Twin Law Burn then followed fences (vehicle tracks) to Dirrington Little Law (summit and cross) - Feurarsmoor - Dirrington Great Law (summit ancient cairns and toppled trig) - Megs plantation then road back to Longformarcus.briandavies10/10/2018
Walk not as steep as the contours seemed to indicate so a nice steady walk to the top.Walker Dan22/09/2018
From road to east, with H waiting in van, just before dark. Misty on top, drizzle. Rounsfell15/08/2018
Track to summit from Henlaw Wood.Chris Peart20/06/2018
Via the track adjacent to what was Henlaw Wood, now clear felled. Combined with Meikle Says Law in the afternoon.Roblex17/06/2018
Started at Kettelshiel taking land rover track out then up by quarry. Thereafter on heather and atv tracks (wall/fence to cross near summit). Returned by visiting Kippetlaw where my great grandfather was born in 1850 (now a plush shooting hut with nice large table outside for lunch).SS12/06/2018
Parked wide verge opposite track nt711552 good in dry weather. Good paths all the way, trig was having a lie down when I arrived.G0HIO17/05/2018
Standard route up the track (incredibly red soil and puddles) through the felled area. Three summits within 50 metres or so of each other at the top, did them all. Direct route back through quite easy short heather, not too bad at all.Owen B30/03/2018
A nice hill. Parked by the gate and walked up the easy track all the way to the top. Fine views of the rain hammering the Cheviots and the other Borders hills.Gill10/02/2018
With Steve Smith. Roadside verge parking; access track S through centre of felled woodland strip, then due E on boggy track to top.jonglew16/10/2017
Via the track from NT711552.summitsup03/10/2017
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWqI7LKBOB0/rawkmonster17/07/2017
As Tim747. Good space at gate, woods on map now gone/replanted. Track goes up to the left towards the small wood, then curves below and right up onto ridge. It follows the wall and to summit.N.Morters15/07/2017
Followed track through gate to the summit and operated ham radio for SOTA when I got there.G4OBK (Phil)12/07/2017
Breezy day, but great views from the top!Gebirgsjaeger24/06/2017
Weather fair with deep snow.MountainMac16/01/2016
An unusual feature for a Marilyn: driving in (from Edinburgh), the highest point on the approach road (433m) was higher than this summit (398m).Pete R24/12/2015
Parked at Dronshiel Bridge. Walked WSW then SSE around the enclosures. Finally set of WSW up the track bt the grouse butts to the top. Returned the same way.aul-fogie30/06/2015
Exactly as Tim747 described - a track all the way to the summit. Route and write-up at: http://gayleybird.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/another-surprise-five.htmlGayle28/05/2015
8th and Last hill of the day on a long route from Melrose to Longformacus.Was pretty tired at this stage and light was decreasing but lovely hill. Visited Legerwood Hill, West Hill, Knock Hill, Fawside hill, Rumbleton Law, Halliburton Hill and Dirrington Great Law before descending to the track (which leads to Kippet Law)and then used the various patches of burnt heather to make walking easier. Visited both cairns inc.damaged trig. Descent was Nw on a bearing but going too tough so diverted to Drumshiel bridge and then walked along road to Longformacus where I was informed that the B&b had burnt my dinner as they expected me earlier! B&b also had no idea on Scottish Access rights!Dazingdale17/05/2015
Up from dronshiel.robertphillips02/05/2015
After Meikle Says Law and Spartleton. Parked by gate (71155 55213) the track leads all the way to the summit passing over Dronshiel Hill. No access issues.tim74719/03/2015
selfdavidsbatty27/02/2015
From Dronshiel.jimbloomer18/02/2015
MC aloneMartin6610/12/2014
From the minor road to the east. Easy up and down.AndrewFinnimore15/11/2014
Solo run. From just north of dronshiel. A couple of frisky bulls to contend with on the trott across the moorland.amswanston15/06/2014
after Meikle Says Law. Parked at wood SE of Dronsheil, then trudge across bog until pleasant summit.Thearlaichdubh26/12/2013
High cloudy, dry, strong wind, good views, + DLL.iangalbraith16/11/2013