Scawd Law

Rising to 543 metres in the Moorfoot Hills south of Edinburgh, this broad, grassy summit offers characteristic Border moorland walking. The hill forms part of a rolling plateau landscape typical of the range, with open terrain that rewards navigational care in mist. A quiet alternative to the busier Pentlands to the west.

• •The name 'Scawd' likely derives from Scots dialect, possibly related to 'scald' or 'scaud', meaning bare or exposed, aptly describing the hill's windswept, treeless character common to these southern Scottish uplands.
• •The Moorfoot Hills form a natural barrier between the Lothians and the Borders, historically traversed by drovers and travellers moving livestock and goods between Edinburgh and the textile towns of the Tweed Valley.
• •Despite its modest height, Scawd Law qualifies as a Donald Dewey, a category recognising Scottish hills between 500 and 609 metres with sufficient prominence - a distinction shared by only a handful of summits in the Moorfoots.