Castle Law

Castle Law is a hill south west of Fairmilehead in the Pentland Hills in Midlothian, Scotland. It is best known for the Iron Age hill fort on its slopes.

Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,601 feet
Description: hill in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Castlelaw Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Allermuir Hill and Capelaw Hill.

Allermuir Hill

Peak

Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Allermuir Hill is a peak.

Capelaw Hill

Peak

Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Capelaw Hill is a peak.

Caerketton Hill

Peak

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Caerketton Hill is a hill in the Pentland Hills range of Scotland. Standing at 478 m, it is at the northeast end of the approximately 25 km long chain of hills on the border between the council areas of the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Easter Howgate and Swanston.

Easter Howgate

Hamlet

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Easter Howgate is a settlement in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, on the A702, two miles north of Penicuik. The Scottish Agricultural College maintains a teaching campus and a research farm there, named "Edinburgh Genetics".

Swanston

Hamlet

Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swanston is a village and residential area on the southern edge of Edinburgh, Scotland, noted for its picturesque thatched cottages set around an informal village green.

Hillend

Hamlet

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Hillend is a small hamlet in Midlothian, Scotland. Lying just south of Edinburgh, it is close to the boundary between Midlothian and the City of Edinburgh council area and takes its name from being situated at the end of the Pentland Hills.

Castle Law

Categories: hill and landform
Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.86993° or 55° 52′ 12″ north

Longitude

-3.24058° or 3° 14′ 26″ west

Elevation

1,601 feet (488 metres)

Open location code

9C7RVQ95+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 289415068

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

6544586

Wikidata ID

Q5050172

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Castle Law” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Castlelaw Hill”
Dutch: “Castle Law”
Dutch: “Castlelaw Hill”
German: “Castlelaw Hill”
Swedish: “Castlelaw Hill”

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