Traprain Law
Traprain Law is a hill 6 km east of Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. It is the site of a hill fort or possibly oppidum, which covered at its maximum extent about 16 ha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 725 feet
- Description: hill in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dumpender Law” and “Dunpendyrlaw”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Linton railway station and Phantassie Dovecot.
East Linton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Linton railway station is a railway station serving the village of East Linton, Scotland. The original station opened in 1846 and closed in 1964. A new station, on a different site, opened on 13 December 2023.
Phantassie Dovecot
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard West, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Phantassie Dovecot is an archaeological site.
Preston Mill
Museum
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston Mill is a watermill on the River Tyne at the eastern edge of East Linton on the B1407 Preston Road, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is situated close to Prestonkirk Parish Church, the Smeaton Hepburn Estate, Smeaton Lake, and Phantassie Doocot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whittingehame and East Linton.
Whittingehame
Hamlet
Photo: Liz ‘n’ Jim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whittingehame is a parish with a small village in East Lothian, Scotland, about halfway between Haddington and Dunbar, and near East Linton. The area is on the slopes of the Lammermuir Hills.
East Linton
Village
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Linton is a village and former police burgh in East Lothian, Scotland, situated on the River Tyne and A199 road five miles east of Haddington, with an estimated population of 1,790 in 2020.
Markle
Hamlet
Markle is a hamlet in East Lothian, Scotland, 23 miles East of Edinburgh and close to the village of East Linton. It is the site of the former Markle Castle.
Traprain Law
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.96331° or 55° 57′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.67153° or 2° 40′ 18″ westElevation
725 feet (221 metres)Open location code
9C7VX87H+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 3667998726OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Traprain Law” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Traprain Law”
- Chinese: “特拉勃莱因劳”
- Chinese: “特拉勃萊因勞”
- Chinese: “特拉普蘭”
- French: “Traprain Law”
- Italian: “Traprain Law”
- Japanese: “トラップレイン・ロー”
- Persian: “ترپرین لا”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Peilleir”
- Swedish: “Traprain Law”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Luggate and Luggate Burn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Traprain Law Hillfort and Traprain Law.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Traprain Law”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.