Broad Law
Broad Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second-highest point in the Southern Uplands and the highest point in the Scottish Borders, it has an elevation of 840 metres, a prominence of 653 metres and an isolation of 81 kilometres.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Talla Cleuch Head and Cramalt Craig.
Talla Cleuch Head
Peak
Talla Cleuch Head is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. As ascents are either long or steep from all other sides, Talla Cleuch Head is normally climbed from the Megget Stane to the southeast, which allows for a deer fence to be followed to the summit.
Cramalt Craig
Peak
Cramalt Craig is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second highest in the range and third highest in southern Scotland, it was previously also a Corbett until new Ordnance Survey contouring became available and it was deleted from the 1984 edition of the tables.
Talla Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: John, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Talla Reservoir, located a mile from Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders, Scotland, is an earth-work dam fed by Talla Water. The reservoir is supplemented by water from the nearby Fruid Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tweedsmuir and Cappercleuch.
Tweedsmuir
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tweedsmuir is a village and civil parish in Tweeddale, the Scottish Borders Council district, southeastern Scotland.
Cappercleuch
Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cappercleuch is a settlement on the A708, at St. Mary's Loch in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the historic county of Selkirkshire. Places nearby include Bowerhope Law, Craigierig, Deer Law, the Dryhope Tower, Ettrickbridge, the Ettrick Forest, the… Cappercleuch is situated 6 miles east of Broad Law.
Broad Law
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,756 feet
- Description: 840m high mountain in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.49832° or 55° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.35292° or 3° 21′ 11″ westElevation
2,756 feet (840 metres)Open location code
9C7RFJXW+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 345150406OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Broad Law” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Broad Law”
- Catalan: “Broad Law”
- Cebuano: “Broad Law”
- Dutch: “Broad Law”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل برواد لاو”
- Ladin: “Broad Law”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Broad Law”
- Swedish: “Broad Law”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Talla Linnfoots and Megget Stane.
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