Wedder Law

Tucked away in the quieter reaches of the Southern Uplands, this rounded Donald offers a classic Lowther Hills experience of rolling grass and peat hags. Its flat summit is less about drama and more about a sense of remote isolation, best visited as part of a high-level circuit above the Daer Reservoir.

• •The name originates from the Scots word 'wedder' (a wether, or castrated ram) and 'law' (a rounded hill), reflecting the area’s centuries-old history as high-altitude sheep grazing land.
• •It is most frequently climbed as part of a long, undulating round including Gana Hill and Earncraig Hill, avoiding the more industrial feel of the radar-topped summits further north.
• •The summit offers an unobstructed perspective over the vast Daer Reservoir to the south, with the prominent telecommunication masts of Green Lowther dominating the skyline to the northwest.
• •As a Donald—a hill in the Scottish Lowlands over 2,000 feet—it remains a staple for peak-baggers working through the list first published by Percy Donald in 1935.
• •Finding the highest point on this broad, mossy plateau is a task often decided by whoever is wearing the tallest boots, as the actual summit is famously difficult to pinpoint in a mist.