Dollar Law

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Dollar Law
Highest point
Elevation817 m (2,680 ft)[1]
Prominence70 m (230 ft)[2]
ListingTu,Sim,D,CT,DN[3]
Naming
English translationScottish Gaelic, Scots Hill of the Place of the Haugh or Scots Sorrow Hill[4]
Geography
LocationScottish Borders, Scotland
Parent rangeManor Hills, Southern Uplands
OS gridNT 17809 27831
Topo mapOS Landranger 72

Dollar Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The third highest in the range and the Scottish Borders and fifth highest in southern Scotland,[5] it is frequently climbed with its neighbours Broad Law and Cramalt Craig to the southwest from their direction or as a detour from the hills to the northwest near Drumelzier. Thief's Road, a historic heritage path, passes just south of the summit.[6]

Early Settlement[edit]

The NE spur of Dollar Law into Manor Valley, known as The Bank, holds the remnants of an Iron Age settlement of around twelve structures, mostly within an oval enclosure. Later structures have partly destroyed the earlier remains but appear to indicate a continuous habitation until perhaps 1700. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[7]

Subsidiary SMC Summits[edit]

Summit Height (m) Listing[8]
Fifescar Knowe 811 DT,sSim[9]
Notman Law 734 DT,sSim[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dollar Law".
  2. ^ "Dollar Law".
  3. ^ "Database of British and Irish Hills: User guide".
  4. ^ Taylor et al. (2020). The Place-Names of Clackmannanshire. Shaun Tyas: Donington.
  5. ^ "The Donalds by Region".
  6. ^ "Search for paths by map". Heritage Paths. Scottish Rights of Way and Access Society. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. ^ Peebleshire vol.1 p.83 item 210, RCAHMS
  8. ^ Chris Crocker. "Database of British and Irish Hills: user guide". Hills-database.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Fifescar Knowe".
  10. ^ "Notman Law".