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Name:Cockburn Law
Hill number:5098
Height:325m / 1066ft
Parent (Ma):1825  Dirrington Great Law
RHB Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Hump, Tump (300-399m), Yeaman
(Hu,Tu,3,Y)
Grid ref:NT 76572 59740
Summit feature:ground within 2m of trig point
Drop:123m
Col:202m  NT738589  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 67 74
(1:25k) 346
Survey:obvious summit
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 62 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Lopp of Abbey Hill (Inner), Windshiel Hill and Cockburn Law from Abbey St Bathans. Mostly through fields with a road part way between the first two. Returned back via Abbey Hill.Tisteln07/01/2024
The broch car park is only a lay-by (NT789609). Signed FP to broch. Stile over BWF above broch. Next BWF is negotiable beside a locked gate at the plantationIsbjorn25/12/2023
via Edin's Hall broch.BLACKHILL04/09/2023
Dusk ascent from south. After a very hot summer, 13 degrees and a breeze felt a bit chilly.Wycombe Wanderer30/08/2022
From HP on road to SW.sclater20/04/2022
After Abbey Hill, from bend in road to NW. Headed E, across burn to fence, followed to gates, then up to summit. Descended NE to Edin's Hall Broch, which isn't in the usual style. And then out to the broch car park via the suspension bridge at Elba.Minto21/02/2022
From parking on road to the West on a breezy day. On the way back saw a farmer unloading sheep into field with two new lambs, the first I've seen this Spring.NormanW21/02/2022
Pleasant walk out to broch then up to summit of Cockburn Law. Had a better look around it on way back -interesting trying to work out how it may have been constructed above the stone.SS23/09/2021
Bagging the trig.BigJ09/06/2021
A breezy, almost windy, ascent from the 2000 year old broch well signposted from AbbeySt Bathans.mrs_ts708/09/2020
Parked on the verge at the bend in the road to the NW. Gate at NT75466 60177. Across grassy slopes to the summit. Interestingly two cattle grids at entrance and exit to higher pasture, where there had clearly been cattle earlier in the year.LizH04/03/2020
2/4 From NW parking at forest track before bend. Over fields, easy grass to nice summit and old fortifications.N.Morters02/02/2019
P col to SW, harvested arable, gates then track. Back down same way past car and up to Windshiel Hill.agentmancuso05/01/2019
Parked to the north and initially used a track towards the Edin's Hall fort and Broch before making a direct ascend from the NE over mixed vegetation to fort and white trig.Dugswell204/09/2017
parked to east, signposted for Edin's Hall and Broch ( free, which we visited- ruins of impressive ancient double walled tower, then up grassy pasture to summit hillfort ( earthworks visible). HP on short grass just by Trig. Great views including to next goal, Abbey Hill.Denise 14/04/2017
parked at gate west of hill, easy walk to the top.robertphillips28/01/2017
Visit to the broch and then straight up.ARM11/03/2016
Parked in large farm hay and manure storage area at high point of road to west. Through gate and up through harvested field, over one bwf and onto summit. Again, superb views. Busy farmer in tractor gave me a wave on way down.Campbell Singer09/10/2015
From road summit to WSW. Parking OK. 3 gates.jimbloomer18/02/2015
Parked at gate just S of pt224. Easy walk up.chrisbien15/05/2010
Right of way to Edin's Hall Broch and from there route to summit is easy to see. There are two barbed wire fences to cross en routeKRae14/03/2009
see log on TrigpointingUK.com. RHW23/09/2007
Not sure of the precise date. Direct route West from minor roadSJ00/00/2007
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Matt27/02/2023
Pete R22/01/2022
PeterAH04/03/2020
Berkscire87420/10/2019
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AndyS20/01/2019
Tom Mundell19/01/2019
Trekking toes19/01/2019
Adrian05/10/2018
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Tricky09/04/2016
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Alan Whatley30/10/2015
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Martin R26/04/2013
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