Fall Law

A modest Dodd rising to 558 metres in the heart of the Ettrick Hills, this grassy summit offers a quiet vantage over the rolling Southern Uplands terrain. Typically climbed alongside neighbouring heights in the range, it typifies the pastoral character of the Scottish Borders hill country, with open slopes and scattered sheepwalks.

• •The name 'Fall Law' derives from Scots, where 'fall' likely refers to a hillside grazing or pasture, and 'law' is a common Borders term for a rounded hill, from Old English 'hlāw' meaning a mound or burial place.
• •The Ettrick Hills form part of the Southern Uplands, a distinct hill range separate from the Highlands, characterised by grassy ridges and broad valleys shaped by centuries of sheep farming rather than the dramatic rocky peaks found further north.
• •Fall Law is classified as a Dodd, a category invented by hillwalker Clem Clements for hills between 500 and 600 metres, filling the gap between Grahams and lower summits in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries & Galloway.