Down Law
Down Law is a peak in Scottish Borders, Scotland and has an elevation of 666 feet. Down Law is situated nearby to the hamlet Harrietsfield, as well as near Fairnington.Places of Interest
Highlights include Baron’s Folly, Down Law and Peniel Heugh.
Baron’s Folly, Down Law
Historic site
Photo: Graham Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baron’s Folly, Down Law is a historic site.
Peniel Heugh
Peak
Photo: Mainlymazza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peniel Heugh is a hill near Ancrum and Nisbet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On it stands the Waterloo Monument. It was also the site of an Iron Age hillfort.
Waterloo Monument
Monument
Photo: Ozo, Public domain.
The Waterloo Monument near Ancrum in the Scottish Borders is a 150-foot tower, built between 1817 and 1824 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. It was designed by the architect Archibald Elliot, after the original monument designed by William Burn collapsed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ancrum and Nisbet.
Ancrum
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ancrum is a village in the Borders area of Scotland, 5 km northwest of Jedburgh. The village — which currently has a population of around 300 — is situated just off the A68 trunk road on the B6400, which runs through Ancrum. Lilliesleaf lies 7 miles further along the B6400 and Denholm can be reached along the unclassified road which runs parallel to the River Teviot.
Nisbet
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nisbet is a small hamlet on the B6400, in Roxburghshire, along the River Teviot, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located 5.5 kilometres north of Jedburgh and 5 kilometres south of Roxburgh.
Maxton
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maxton is a hamlet and civil parish in Roxburghshire, Scotland, and part of the Scottish Borders region. Maxton lies just off the A68, south of St. Boswells, north of Ancrum, and east of Newtown St.
Down Law
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 666 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.53354° or 55° 32′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.5766° or 2° 34′ 36″ westElevation
666 feet (203 metres)Open location code
9C7VGCMF+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1982864573OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12613236
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