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Name:Kirn Law
Hill number:13895
Height:412m / 1352ft
Parent (Ma):1802  Blackhope Scar
RHB Section:28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed
Donald area:Moorfoot Hills
County/UA:Scottish Borders
Catchment:Tweed
Class:Tump (400-499m)
(Tu,4)
Grid ref:NT 29349 40941
Summit feature:no feature: ground by wall corner
Drop:57m
Col:355m  NT293415  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 73
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 30 users)ByDate of Ascent
From roadside verge parking (NT 2882 3921), straight up through trees to Castle Hill, then followed wall up to here.jonglew27/01/2024
Followed marked forestry tracks from the car park to near Katies Hass. Using the old wall as a handrail, followed it up on to the summit. Carried on over to take in Castle Hill, which has a much better view.BigJ29/09/2022
As part of MTB day at trail centrekathyh04/04/2022
From Go Ape CP in Glentress > forestry roads which took me most of the way up through the forest > just a short section on the Black cycle route to HPAndrew Simmons10/04/2021
Parked end of track by double metal gates NT303 393, followed track to ladder stile on left, over deer fence to top right corner of copse and left to fence corner, through deer fence gate onto track, right from track up firebreak to join Cycle trail to top.Anton17/09/2020
Along the bike tracks from the Glentress car park all the way to the top. On the web are Glentress bike trails maps showing more tracks than the OS.Pete R22/02/2020
castle hill and kirn law from the A72 parked on a grass verge near a track entrance, up through trees and track to near the top of CH, followed wall to KL.robertphillips08/02/2020
Followed the wall from Castle Hill, then cut across NW, between new oak forest and pine forest to edge of the trees. Followed a bike track to the summit, watching out for descending riders. Carried on to Dunslair Heights.LizH22/12/2019
By track and MTB pathhillsman13/09/2019
From the bulge near the end of the track I headed up slightly awkward semi felled hillside only to find at the top that there was a marked trail that I followed down that came out just 100metres further onvegibagger09/07/2019
No hut in sight. Spot height by path to SE by about 100m can't be much lower. Walk around Glentress Forest, starting from layby on A72 just E of Peebles. Black Knowe (359m), Shiledgreen Kipps, Dunslair Heights, then onto open ridge heading SE (camping overnight) and continuing to Clog Knowe, Black Knowe (522m)steep descent W by forest and on to Kirn Law and Castle Hill, descent to Glentress and final section by road.RobertP10/09/2017
Avoided the expensive car park in Glentress by parking on the A72 at NT288391. Then up through the forest using tracks and cycle routes. Obvious top of Kirn Law at wall corner but no hut in sight (?) On to Castle Hill and direct descent to A72Colin Crawford25/11/2016
From main CP then overgrown track - path to Castle Hill then onto Kirn Law - back along track on W side of Castle Hill.chrisbien22/09/2013
By bike, on Glentress black route.Wycombe Wanderer03/08/2010
Matt27/02/2022
ridgewalker2330/04/2020
PeterAH22/12/2019
johnbarnard2504/12/2019
richtea504019/10/2019
samblackburn29/06/2018
amcvey11/10/2016
sam.g.guthrie09/09/2016
amcvey04/05/2009
Moore10018/06/2007
daviemore22/04/2002
CXB12/06/1992
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