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| Name: | Traprain Law |
| Hill number: | 5105 |
| Height: | 221m / 725ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1813 Meikle Says Law |
| RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
| County/UA: | East Lothian (UA) |
| Catchment: | Tyne (Dunbar), Biel, Catchment Boundaries |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,2,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NT 58165 74663 |
| Summit feature: | shelter 10m N of trig point |
| Drop: | 134m |
| Col: | 87m NT564729  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 67 (1:25k) 351E |
| Survey: | obvious summit |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 115 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Up main path - pleasant walk on warm bright day | RobertP | 14/07/2019 |
| Up main path from carpark with info boards. Very cold and dusting of snow. In sun at top long distant views of snow covered highlands | cjo | 02/02/2019 |
| A pleasant walk up in the sunshine once we got out of the shadow of the hill. Didn't see anyone up here although there were a couple of cars in the car park. Excellent viewpoint. | Walker Dan | 23/09/2018 |
| A smashing hill and surprisingly quiet. | Chris Peart | 21/06/2018 |
| From carpark. Good path to top. Great viewpoint. Watch out for the resident ponies. They came looking for me when I was having lunch at the top but I got away. | KevPalmer | 05/05/2018 |
| Nice little hill - my second visit. | ger | 11/04/2018 |
| Good viewpoint. Quick and easy ascent. | jenx | 19/12/2017 |
| With Jenx and the pup Bryher before Bass Rock. Fine little hill. Volunteers clearing gorse on the lower slopes | nordicstar | 19/12/2017 |
| With Alex Cameron. Short steep grass ascent up the N face. | jonglew | 18/10/2017 |
| Interesting hill but a damp, grey start to the day didn't really do it justice. | Alex C | 18/10/2017 |
| An easy walk up to the summit, we were alone looking North out to North Berwick Law and Bass Rock and South to the Lammermuirs. | ThomasMcLachlan | 20/08/2017 |
| With Ben. Fabulous view point. | hillsman | 31/05/2017 |
| https://www.instagram.com/p/BUfCFZlhU5H/ | rawkmonster | 24/05/2017 |
| HP N of small stone windshelter, itself very near Trig. Superb views. Grazing ponies. Carpark to N side with info board- Geologically speaking it is a lacolith with interesting historical use- bronze age burial site, Iron Age hill fort, with Roman silverware discovery. Former capital of Votadini tribe. | Denise | 15/04/2017 |
| from cp good path to the top,wild ponies mulling around the trig. | robertphillips | 28/01/2017 |
| From the carpark to N. Tremendous views between the snow showers. 1,500th HuMP | Thearlaichdubh | 26/12/2016 |
| On way to Edinburgh for a few nights, seen this hill before from A1 thought it looked worthy of bagging, nice walk up from car park, surprised more people haven't bagged this hill considering its shape and prominence, after drove to North Berwick Law to bag that, much more popular. | DanTrig | 10/10/2016 |
| Nice sunny afternoon!! | Seasider06 | 18/09/2016 |
| From the CP. A break in the journey south. | summitsup | 13/09/2016 |
| A quick jaunt on an overcast day. By obscuring the higher Pentlands, the cloud ceiling made Traprain Law more imposing, seeming higher than all the other visible tops from Arthur's Seat by the Fife Laws, North Berwick Law and the Bass Rock to the lower Lammermuirs. | Nick Down1 | 17/07/2016 |
| Tourist path from car park. Wild ponies on summit. | Topographer57 | 11/06/2016 |
| This hill always looked interesting from the A1 and proved a worthy diversion. | JohnW | 18/07/2015 |
| From carpark. Came rock climbing in 1972. | jimbloomer | 15/02/2015 |
| Doing the trig but enjoyed the hill despite the snell wind. Thought it was a Marilyn. I can live with the disappointment. | BigJ | 13/10/2014 |
| Murky day, views limited. Much evidence of easter egg rolling. | neimcv | 28/04/2014 |
| A lovely walk on a bright and breezy Christmas morning, just a bit chilly. | Dugswell2 | 25/12/2013 |
| The mere sight of the Do not continue sign had me deciding that has to be the descent route. | Martin R | 27/04/2013 |
| Self, Peter and dog | Invicta14 | 06/10/2012 |
| Came up the advised path from the car park. Read the very interesting boards then made my way up to the summit. Great views from the top. | hillhiker | 18/08/2012 |
| JEB, RIB | Uisdean25 | 18/08/2012 |
| Car park and path up. Great views | chrisbien | 15/05/2010 |
| Fabulous landmark. I remember first spotting Traprain Law from the A1 when driving back having completed the SUW many years ago. This and an interest in the Gododdin had made this a longstanding target. Came up the tourist route from the north. | agentmancuso | 03/04/2010 |
| Revisit. Popular path from car park leads NW then E to summit. | RHW | 23/09/2007 |
| Climbed several times normally from car park near quarry. | SJ | 00/05/2007 |
| Really interesting history explained well by the signs at the car park combine with a lovely prominent hill to get full marks from me. Trig point as well! | andy | 10/03/2007 |
| fine volcanic plug, good climb, great view. park 584750, scrambly path to summit, easy return path to main car pk 583750 | RHW | 18/02/2000 |
| Many rock climbing visits over the years. | ARM | 07/06/1980 |
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| nice wee walk. | Lauren C | blank |
| thecoopers | 31/05/2019 | |
| Tom Mundell | 24/02/2019 | |
| sarah mundell | 24/02/2019 | |
| Trekking toes | 24/02/2019 | |
| Lockedman101 | 24/05/2018 | |
| carole engel | 04/10/2017 | |
| walk livi | 07/06/2017 | |
| PaulineD | 07/06/2017 | |
| daviemore | 20/05/2017 | |
| williamparis | 15/05/2017 | |
| RichardM | 15/04/2017 |