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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 |
| Catchment: | Tyne (Dunbar), Biel, Catchment Boundaries |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Yeaman (Hu,Tu,2,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NT 58165 74664 |
| Summit feature: | shelter 10m N of trig point |
| Drop: | 133m |
| Col: | 88m 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 186 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Solo. From the newly opened East Linton Railway Station. | pwbellarby | 13/01/2024 |
| Car park below N face (NT583750). Easy paths up | Isbjorn | 25/12/2023 |
| From the car park to the N. Left at the fork in the path for a quick ascent. Breezy on the summit with spectacular views. Cairn, OS trig and a small pond present. Disused quarry to the NE. Maiden Stone to the E, part of local folklore. | eastcoast | 02/10/2023 |
| from car park to north | BLACKHILL | 05/09/2023 |
| Circular walk from car park. | Winterfloodian | 25/08/2023 |
| From Car Park | JohnIvor | 19/06/2023 |
| A nice walk by parking in car park and following route on walk Highlands website.About an hour and a half, stopping to admire views and wandering around the old Fort remnants. | Hirta | 23/03/2023 |
| Noticed this just a few days before- too much focussed on Ma! Car pk start, but good trails from there, more steeply up, round the W slopes down. Hill top bristling with history. Another volcanic plug, good day for looking at the others around. After my pilgrimmage to John Muir's birthplace in Dunbar, a town full of interest. | pwheeler | 17/09/2022 |
| Another brilliant day for this fine hill. Herd of ponies near summit | hillsman | 21/08/2022 |
| From the north then east. | JAdair97 | 27/07/2022 |
| Good tracks up from the car park. Nice strategic viewpoint. | sclater | 16/04/2022 |
| 15:00, 9 degrees, sunny, very strong south-westerlies. With Gem. | Wycombe Wanderer | 22/02/2022 |
| Steep ascent straight up from the car park to the north. More gentle descent looping round to the east and back to car. Excellent view of Berwick Law as well as the days earlier ascent - Bass Rock | mntainman | 14/11/2021 |
| From car park. Nice easy path to summit. Back same way. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 02/11/2021 |
| Previous summit visit unsure from climbing visits to Crag below. Misty humid day, from west over field as per Crag approach. | N.Morters | 22/08/2021 |
| With R. | Chris Ellis | 22/08/2021 |
| Sunny June day, on my own, from CP to north, up steep path then veered west. Ponies on path at zigzag happily grazing. Continued past them up to summit. Visited trig, cairn shelter and rocky prominence (lower) to south. Descended gradual path to west circling down gradually back round to north and car. | Janet M | 17/06/2021 |
| Up and down from the car park. | Tisteln | 25/10/2020 |
| Up and down from the carpark. | Dibber | 25/10/2020 |
| Easy if sweaty ascent from car park under north face, plenty of ponies near the summit. Circular cairn and triangulation pillar at the top. | mrs_ts7 | 15/09/2020 |
| Visiting castles for P4 project. Home of the Eidyn. | NooCrew | 11/07/2020 |
| Second law of the day. From small CP. Visited edge of quarry with enormous drop. S side looked a great scramble. | iangpark | 05/07/2020 |
| Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: What a lovely wee hill. Great views. Leg stretch for the dogs on the way home from holiday. | thejackrustles | 20/03/2020 |
| Parked in the car park to the north and followed very muddy pony tracks fairly steeply up. Good views. Descended by the main path, and grassy slope. | LizH | 04/03/2020 |
| Parked in small car park to N. A couple left the car park just before me so I decided to try and experiment - I watched them take the long, circuitous route round to the W whilst I headed up the N flank directly. Unsurprisingly they arrived at the top before me. Great views from the top. | Wheelsy | 31/08/2019 |
| Up main path - pleasant walk on warm bright day | RobertP | 14/07/2019 |
| Quick nip up during an overnighter at Athelstaneford. Impressive views down to the quarry, plus a narrow travers of the maidens’ stone for good luck. | Craigieboy44 | 01/06/2019 |
| 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 |