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| Name: | Wether Law |
| Hill number: | 7448 |
| Height: | 509m / 1670ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1906 Cauldcleuch Head |
| RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| Donald area: | Roxburgh |
| County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
| Catchment: | Tweed |
| Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Donald Dewey (Tu,5,DDew) |
| Grid ref: | NT 42776 00825 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground by fence corner |
| Drop: | 50m |
| Col: | 459m NT432011  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 331 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 43 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Linhope layby, through Linhope farm then straight up Lightning Hill. Followed the fence to Wether Law, Millstone Edge then to Cauldcleuch Head. Back to Millstone Edge then Tudhope Hill, Carlin Tooth, Bye Hill and Dod Hill. Back down to Linhope using the same descent as Smocks & Denim. Just shy of 12 miles, frozen ground made the going a lot easier | Gary Heath | 19/01/2024 |
| From Old Northhouse, bog trotting after Skelfhill Pen | alanm9 | 21/09/2023 |
| Parking in large layby on E side of A7, 150m N of start of track to Linhope (NT406014). Linhope Burn to big barn at NT419004, then ATV track up Wether Law, along ridge to Millstone Edge and on to Tudhope Hill. Descent over pt.483 and down to Sunhope Hass bealach. Steeply, directly, up Carlin Tooth (not as bad, or as long, as it looks), over Bye Hill and on to Dod Hill. Returned 400m SE to join ATV track which descends back to the earlier big barn (NE flank of Dod Hill is defended by high fencing around tree plantation). Learned what ridiculously steep gradients these ATVs can be driven up and down. | Isbjorn | 08/04/2023 |
| See route for Tudhope Hill. | smocks and denims | 18/01/2023 |
| Started from the forestry entrance north of Geordies hill and followed the SMC route to Cauldcleuch head, from here I made a change to the descent route to take in five Donald Dewey's Millstone Edge, Wether Law, Tudhope hill, Carlin tooth and Ellson fell. Seven hours for Thirteen miles with 3800ft of ascent, the climb up to Carlin tooth is particularly brutal at this stage in the walk. After Ellson fell there is a track over the 494 point which leads to the road all being a couple of miles from the finish. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 05/05/2022 |
| A round of the Linhope valley. With B,B and R. | jenx | 12/01/2022 |
| I took the caravan down to Moffat for a few days and of course the weather was less than good, until today when I'm heading home. I got Cauldcleuch Head (619m, a Graham & Donald) yesterday in the Scottish Borders between Hawick and Langholm. I parked at Linhope on the A7 and started at 12 noon. There was a slight navigational mishap with me ascending Wether Law instead of Millstone Edge, which meant I had to walk an extra 2km around to Millstone Edge. It rained all day and started snowing as I approached Cauldcleuch Head and kept snowing until I got down below 300m, by which point it was dark. I got back to the car thoroughly soaked 5hrs after starting. | chillyman8 | 03/01/2022 |
| Parked in layby by entrance to Linhope for nice circuit of 7 summits. 2/7. | PGCE | 12/03/2021 |
| Parking on wide grass verge W side A7, through Lindhope Farm, along valley floor for ~1.4km, then straight up hill side. On to Lightning Hill for a short 6k round. | jonglew | 01/09/2020 |
| Detour from Millstone and return before heading to Cauldcleuch Head. Some ATV tracks. Solo. | bolton | 21/07/2020 |
| CW circuit from car park in Billhope forest access road. ATV track up Tudhope Hill, Millstone Edge, an out and back to Wether Law, over Langtae Hill to Skelfhill Fell and Cauldcleugh Head. The return by North Mid Hill leads to a good vehicle track alongside the Billhope Burn. I'm fairly sure I had an eagle circling overhead for company, along with the third Borders fox in as many walks, as I started back along the track and evening fell. | Nick Down1 | 06/03/2020 |
| Parked in layby 100m N. of Linhope entrance at NY 4063 0147 - Along track, turned left just before black shed & up grassy SW ridge to summit; much of climb on ATV track. Back down ridge & continued to Carlin Tooth. (S) | gerrybowes | 04/01/2020 |
| on way to cauldeugh head | cjo | 13/07/2019 |
| From end of forestry track above Billhope straight up Tudhope Hill then on to Millstone Edge. Out and back to Wether Law before the rough passage to Cauldcleuch Head (no ATV tracks). Came down to Stob Fell then followed markers to Bught Shank with a pleasant enough road walk to finish. | SS | 31/03/2019 |
| From Lightning Hill on circuit. Tussocks and soggy, may have lost the best route because of mist. Continued to Millstone Edge. | Aye Jimmy | 04/12/2018 |
| HP at bend in fence of tussocky grass summit. Part of grassy pathless circuit including Lightning Hill and Skelf Hill Pan. Went over White Hill 474m en route. Sun on some surrounding hills | Denise | 05/02/2017 |
| From the NW up edge of forest and wire fence to summit. Circuit of the Phaup valley. stunning views of hills under dark cumulus lit by shafts of sunlight. | RichardM | 05/02/2017 |
| round of dod hill,bye hill, carlin tooth, tudhope hill, millstone edge, skelfhill pen, wether law,lightning hill, ACW from linhope. | robertphillips | 28/02/2016 |
| Lightning Hill - Wether Law - Millstone Edge - Tudhope Hill - Carlin Tooth - Bye Hill - Dod Hill. Pleasant horseshoe walk from Linhope along grassy ridge. | RobertP | 04/10/2015 |
| Linhope - Dod Hill - Bye Hill - Carlin Tooth - Tudhope hill - Millstone Edge - Wether Law - Roughcleuch Rig - Linhope. With Tom and Peter. | chrisbien | 18/09/2013 |
| From Mosspaul via Ellson Fell & Tudhope Hill, on to Lightning Hill | agentmancuso | 03/06/2012 |
| dullish boggy summit, OK view. from Skelfhill, over Pen, along ridge, back via valley track | RHW | 05/03/2004 |
| interloper | 02/09/2023 | |
| Fletch | 02/09/2023 | |
| Alex C | 03/07/2023 | |
| Gallovidian | 20/09/2021 | |
| Graham Banks | 14/08/2021 | |
| Berkscire874 | 21/03/2021 | |
| Rambling Ray | 26/05/2018 | |
| stevent0809 | 19/05/2017 | |
| Dave Geere | 08/03/2017 | |
| chalky1953 | 22/10/2016 | |
| carole engel | 26/07/2016 | |
| mae | 04/09/2013 | |
| jimbloomer | 04/09/2013 | |
| Colin Crawford | 13/06/2013 | |
| irobbo | 25/05/2013 | |
| Alan Moore | 18/12/2012 | |
| Andrew Simmons | 28/01/2012 | |
| Anton | 16/10/2011 | |
| maknipe | 17/03/2009 | |
| Sherlock | 06/05/2006 | |
| Fletch | 21/03/2004 |