Bleak Law (Pentland Hills)
| Bleak Law | ||
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 Southern flank of Bleak Law |
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| height | 445 m ASL | |
| location | South Lanarkshire , Scotland | |
| Mountains | Pentland Hills | |
| Coordinates | 55 ° 44 ′ 45 " N , 3 ° 29 ′ 27" W | |
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The Bleak Law is a hill in the Pentland Hills . The 445 m high elevation is one of the southernmost peaks of the approximately 25 km long range of hills in the Scottish Council Area South Lanarkshire .
The hamlet of Dunsyre is about three kilometers south. The closest town is West Linton , nine kilometers to the east. The surrounding hills include the Harrows Law in the northwest, the Glaubes Rig in the north, the Dunsyre Hill in the south and the Left Law in the southwest.
Surroundings
Several streams arise on the flanks of Bleak Law. The Westruther Burn flows off the western slopes, between the peaks of Bleak Law and Left Law . This flows not far from Newbigging into the North Medwin , one of the two source streams of the Medwin Waters . After a short stretch, this joins the middle reaches of the Clydes .
West Water has its source on the northern slopes between Bleak Law and Loeren's Rig . It flows off in a south-easterly direction and joins the South Medwin at Garvald . The Bassy Burn, which flows off the south-west slopes, also flows into the South Medwin at Dunsyre.