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Name: | Cardon Law |
Hill number: | 7292 |
Height: | 588m / 1929ft |
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: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey (Tu,5,DDew) |
Grid ref: | NT 27817 45706 |
Summit feature: | OS surface block between fence and forest |
Drop: | 80m |
Col: | 508m NT280450 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 73 (1:25k) 337 |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 38 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
7/8 A long walk from Innerleithen. Lee Pen, Black Knowe, Clog Knowe ridge, then along edge of forest to access Dunslair Heights by a Forest ride leading straight to it. Then down and up bike tracks to Shieldgreen Kips, back to pick up track round to Lamb Law (ducking under trees for this one), then Cardon Law and Whiteside Edge. Then walked gradually down to the Bike visitor centre and bus back to town from Glentress. About 20 miles. | nickywood1 | 03/09/2023 |
Parking on rough grass about 100m up the gravel track to Burnhead Farm NT246470 (farmer gave a friendly wave). Up to Burnhead Farm, E across pasture to hurdle and awkward ditch to join ATV track up Longcote Hill. ATV track along ridge to Cardon Law, then best going is on wrong side of BWF to Whiteside Edge.500m W a wall leads down to pasture above Burnhead Farm | Isbjorn | 04/05/2023 |
Through woods from track at 282454. Emerged south of summit ordnance block with D.Dave. | bolton | 31/01/2023 |
Up through the trees from the forest road. With bolton. Surface-level trig found in grass. | Dangerous Dave | 31/01/2023 |
Parked at entrance to Leithen Lodge for a circuit of 6 Donald Deweys: Cardon Law to Lee Pen. Forest tracks to open hillside just N of Carson Law. 1/6. | PGCE | 14/03/2021 |
From Eddleston. Nice approach. Dundreich, Jeffries Corse, Across the bog and windfarm roads to Browbeat, then dropped down to forest tracks. Headed out via Cardon Law. Nice surface block there. With B and R. | jenx | 08/10/2020 |
Buzzard's Nest Car Park & up Dunslair Heights & Shieldgreen Kipps. From Shieldgreen Kipps, made way back down to col & then short path E. along firebreak to join track; entrance to firebreak obscured by branches - N. along track to junction at 282454, turned left & up track until clear of forest - Over wire fence & a short climb up ATV track to OS surface block which lies at edge of forest. Continued to Whiteside Edge. (S) | gerrybowes | 26/08/2020 |
After Whiteside Hill, descended N to bike, and followed roads to Dunslair Heights. | Minto | 07/07/2019 |
Been over this hill a few times over the years. This time, it was to find the OS surface block at the summit. Very warm weather for February. I saw various butterflies near the summit. Found the bolt as well. | BigJ | 26/02/2019 |
From Buzzard Height Car Park out to mast then to Shieldgreen Kipps, back through trees to track, round and up Cardon Law, over to Whiteside Edge, down firebreak to track and long trudge back. | SS | 09/12/2018 |
Eddleston to Peebles via Hog Hill, Whiteside, Cardon, Shieldgreen Kipps and Mallingsland. Easy traverse from Whiteside. | Thearlaichdubh | 24/06/2018 |
From Bowbeat Hill. I made the mistake of taking the road through the west side of the forest, looking for a short cut. Didn't find one. Would have been better to turn south quicker, or maybe to head round the top NW corner of the forest. | Pete R | 17/04/2017 |
4th hill of 11 today from Peebles starting with Venn law, Maisingland hill and Whitelaw edge; i kept following fenceline and then contoured round to summit as specified between fence ans Os plate. | Dazingdale | 05/05/2016 |
round of whiteside edge,cardon law,shieldgreen kipps, dunslair heights, hog hill from eddleston parked in school cp. | robertphillips | 23/01/2016 |
From Eddleston via Whiteside Edge. | agentmancuso | 15/09/2012 |
Buzzard's Nest CP - Dunslair Heights - Shieldgreen Kipps - Cardon Law return with Tom and Gerry. | chrisbien | 05/07/2012 |
heathery, summit at fenceline. circuit from Eddleston | RHW | 18/07/2010 |
ArdrossanWintonRover | 21/01/2024 | |
Trailmaister | 17/11/2023 | |
Lucky | 24/08/2022 | |
maknipe | 23/08/2022 | |
StueyB | 18/08/2022 | |
Berkscire874 | 13/05/2022 | |
Matt | 05/03/2022 | |
Andrew Simmons | 25/10/2020 | |
chalky1953 | 15/10/2016 | |
carole engel | 07/10/2016 | |
Dave Geere | 03/09/2016 | |
Anton | 30/07/2016 | |
mae | 01/05/2015 | |
irobbo | 12/11/2013 | |
fasgadh | 20/05/2010 | |
Fletch | 08/03/2008 | |
Moore100 | 16/04/2007 | |
Colin Crawford | 26/02/2000 | |
BigJ | 18/09/1988 | |
sclater | 17/06/1984 | |
Robertgee | blank |