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Name: | Wool Law |
Hill number: | 7223 |
Height: | 552.4m / 1812ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1740 Green Lowther |
RHB Section: | 27C: The Glenkens to Annandale |
Donald area: | Lowther Hills |
County/UA: | South Lanarkshire |
Catchment: | Clyde |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey (Tu,5,DDew) |
Grid ref: | NS 89107 16832 |
Summit feature: | small cairn |
Drop: | 83m |
Col: | 469m NS902168 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 71 78 (1:25k) 329 |
Survey: | obvious summit/Leica RX1250 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 46 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Small parking area by footbridge outside terraced bungalows, Leadhills. Slanting path uphill to gate above woods. Gravel road to ridge. Across short heather to summit cairn. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 24/01/2024 |
From B 797, north of Waterhead, parking at NS 88747 17694. Headed north and crossed the burn (trees now felled), taking the track SE up the glen, then by sheep tracks steeply up to the summit of Wellgrain Dod. Then by stony tracks NE onto the top of Coom Dodd. Retraced route SW, continuing on a track over Bulmer Moss, and around onto the south shoulder of Wool Law. At the highest point on the track, followed a faint path through the heather onto the top of Wool Law. To descend, re-joined the track, taking it down to the road for a 1.7km hike along it N back to the car. Solo. 10.6km, with 375m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 29/05/2023 |
Parked at start of track (NS 88531 16000, space for 1 car). Track to Coom Dod, then Wellgrain Dod. Return to track before diversion to Wool Law: faint ATV track goes from NS 89465 16397 most of the way. | PGCE | 21/09/2022 |
Parking 100m N of track start (NS884160). Along 4x4 track to Coom Dod, back to Wellgrain Dod (on 4x4 branch). A bit of a slog up Wool Law on irksome heather (no tx), a very very faint FP cum ATV tk led back almost to col at NS893163 | Isbjorn | 19/09/2022 |
Excellent track just before Leadhills makes for easy ascent | Andrew Simmons | 16/09/2022 |
Good track from just N of Leadhills, parking just up into said track at NS 8853 1601. Followed track for ~1200m then headed off NW across heather. On to Wellgrain Dod, Coom Dod and Harryburn Brae with second car on B7040 due S at cattle grid (NS 9324 175). With Dave McG. | jonglew | 31/12/2021 |
A hill to bag during a walk along the dismantled railway from elvanfoot to Leadhills. | hils | 02/08/2021 |
Firm parking area at NS 90867 16230 & up Coom Dod & Wellgrain Law - From Wellgrain Law, back down to the main SW-NE track - SW along track to shooting butts & then NW across heather, making use of available ATV tracks, to the summit cairn. On return, made use of the track which descends E. of Over Cleuch. (S) | gerrybowes | 22/11/2018 |
Small cairn in heather on flattish summit area. Grouse feeding stations and many tracks. | Denise | 04/10/2018 |
From the SE up gentle angled rough grass/heather shoulder to summit cairn. Grouse moor. Views of rounded heathery hills, large wind farms and the attractive Wanlockhead village. | RichardM | 04/10/2018 |
Parked near wood to S. Wood is being cut down. Easy after that. | Thearlaichdubh | 26/07/2018 |
From B7040 below where old viaduct was up to trackbed then along and up land rover track and out to Wellgrain Dodd and Coom Dodd. Returned back on track to cut up to Wool Law on easy ground. Direct return to car. | SS | 05/05/2018 |
Up track from the B979 to the SW initially before aiming across to Wool Law. Then back to track to head round to Wellgrain Dod and then onto Coom Dod before another 1.5 km along track to bag Ravengill Dod trig on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning. | Dugswell2 | 29/10/2017 |
Short walk up track from road through wood. Small cairn at summit | cjo | 11/09/2017 |
From Wellgrain Dod using the graded, circuitous track. Only real effort up tussocky ground from the shoulder. | Eddie | 01/03/2017 |
Three hills of almost identical height: Wool Law, Coom Dodd, Wellgain Dodd from S. | RobertP | 05/08/2016 |
Acw round of coom dod, wellgrain dod, wool law from 909162 tracks most of the route. | robertphillips | 23/12/2015 |
Abington-Green Knowes-Mid Hill-Harryburn Brae-Coom Dod-Wellgrain Dod-Wool Law-Leadhills | campagvelocet | 01/09/2014 |
Up the track from the B road as far as the col then up. Very cold wind, short burst of hail interspersed with bue skies. Back down and up ridge on other side. | agentmancuso | 18/02/2012 |
From B797 up the track then shoulder. With Tom and Gerry. Very strong wind at the top. | chrisbien | 07/01/2012 |
Combined with Wellgrain Dodd from Waterhead. Poisoned Buzzard unable to fly (Grouse country). | jimbloomer | 13/09/2007 |
compact grass/heather summit, mist & snow. a/c/w circuit from 888182, park by CG | RHW | 08/04/2006 |
Fletch | 26/02/2024 | |
stevent0809 | 09/04/2023 | |
IMacd45 | 30/01/2023 | |
IainT | 17/09/2022 | |
interloper | 26/02/2022 | |
Dave McG | 31/12/2021 | |
cmac | 21/03/2020 | |
Kompass | 28/07/2019 | |
Rambling Ray | 01/06/2019 | |
ARM | 27/02/2019 | |
thelonious | 28/05/2018 | |
thenomad | 13/12/2016 | |
Dave Geere | 30/08/2016 | |
alda | 03/07/2015 | |
mae | 19/03/2015 | |
Steve Q | 23/12/2014 | |
Anton | 25/07/2014 | |
carole engel | 25/07/2014 | |
chalky1953 | 14/03/2014 | |
Alan Moore | 21/05/2013 | |
irobbo | 17/11/2012 | |
Colin Crawford | 13/04/2012 | |
Lindsay M | 11/12/2011 | |
Fletch | 11/11/2007 |