North Berwick Law
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | North Berwick Law | |
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 North Berwick Law seen from the seafront of North Berwick | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 187 m (614 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 167 m |
| Listing | Marilyn |
| Coordinates | 56°02′55″N 2°42′57″W / 56.04859°N 2.71597°W / 56.04859; -2.71597Coordinates: 56°02′55″N 2°42′57″W / 56.04859°N 2.71597°W / 56.04859; -2.71597 |
| Geography | |
  North Berwick Law East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| OS grid | NT555842 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 66 |
North Berwick Law is a conical hill which rises conspicuously from the surrounding landscape (this is the definition of the Lowland Scots word "law").[1] It overlooks the East Lothian town of North Berwick and stands at 613 ft (187 m) above sea level.
Geologically, the law is a volcanic plug of hard phonolitic trachyte rock of Carboniferous (Dinantian) age.[2] It has survived the scraping glaciers of the ice age. It is a crag and tail with a prominent tail extending eastwards.
The summit bears remnants of an Iron Age hill fort, and the ruins of later military buildings that were once used by lookouts in both the Napoleonic Wars, and in World War II.
Since 1709 the law has been topped with a whale's jawbone.[3] The bone was replaced three times until being removed, due to safety concerns, in 2005.[3] On 26 June 2008, a fibreglass replica whale bone, the same size as the one that was removed in 2005, was airlifted into place to give North Berwick Law back its landmark.[4] The funding for the replica was donated by an anonymous friend of North Berwick.[3]
Contents
1 See also
2 Gallery
3 References
4 External links
See also
- Breast shaped hills
- List of mountains in Scotland
Gallery
North Berwick Law, North Berwick, East Lothian
Berwick Law, seen from the town
The whale's jawbone as it sat on top of North Berwick Law
The replica of the original jawbone
An anonymous friend of the town donated the replica jawbone
Viewpoint indicator on North Berwick Law, with the Bass Rock in the background
References
^ "Law". Dictionary of the Scots Language. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
^ Read, W. A. et al. (2002) Carboniferous, page 294 in Trewin, N. H. (2002) The Geology of Scotland, 4th edition, London, The Geological Society.
^ abc "'Whale' jawbones put back on hill". 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
^ Scotsman.com
External links
- Computer-generated virtual panoramas North Berwick Law
- Stuart McHardy, The Goddess in the Landscape of Scotland
