Law, Dundee

Dundee with the Dundee Law

The Dundee Law is the core of an extinct volcano that formed about 400 million years and today is a landmark in the Scottish city of Dundee.

This elevation (174 m / 571 ft) in the center of the city was used as a settlement and defense space for thousands of years. During the Iron Age, when this was a weir, and on its slopes have been tombs of the period around 1500 BC have been found.

In 1820 he was tunneled for the Dundee - Newtyle railway line. Today is on its summit a viewing platform from where you can see a good 60 kilometers on a clear day, and a monument to the fallen of the two world wars.

The landscape of the Dundee Law is a nature reserve, but is open to walkers.

The term refers Law in Scotland generally a free-standing and from a distance clearly visible volcanic cones, such as, for example, the North Berwick Law.

  • Mountain in Europe
  • Mountain in Scotland
  • Mountain under 1000 meters
  • Geography ( Dundee)
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