Dollar Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the

Southern Uplands The Southern Uplands () are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Lowlands and the Highlands). The term is used both to describe the geographical region and to col ...

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. The third highest in the range and the

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and fifth highest in southern Scotland, it is frequently climbed with its neighbours

Broad Law Broad Law is a hill in the Manor Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The second-highest point in the Southern Uplands and the highest point in the Scottish Borders, it has an elevation of 840 metres, a prominence of 653 me ...

and Cramalt Craig to the southwest from their direction or as a detour from the hills to the northwest near Drumelzier. Thief's Road, a historic heritage path, passes just south of the summit.

Early settlement

The NE spur of Dollar Law into Manor Valley, known as The Bank, holds the remnants of an Iron Age settlement of around twelve structures, mostly within an oval enclosure. Later structures have partly destroyed the earlier remains but appear to indicate a continuous habitation until perhaps 1700. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.Peebleshire vol.1 p.83 item 210, RCAHMS

Subsidiary SMC summits

References

{{reflist Donald mountains Southern Uplands Scottish Borders Mountains and hills of the Scottish Borders Mountains and hills of the Southern Uplands